Amita Singh

Why we need humanitarian law in disaster management

The origin of humanitarian law suggests its close linkage to human sensitivities. Law is an outcome of collective rationality of…

3 years ago

The capacity to govern

The capacity to govern has been challenged by many mistakes that governments commit intentionally or inadvertently. One such mistake that…

4 years ago

Some thoughts on the judicial oversight of executive actions

One understands judicial oversight as a process by which the judiciary examines the legality of any executive action according to…

4 years ago

A lethal touch to the ‘Preamble’ of India’s Constitution

The politics of our country is on a test drive of majoritarianism being ferociously provoked as a cause for achieving…

4 years ago

Democratic deficits and disaster management

Disaster management may turn into a bigger disaster if complaint handling mechanisms fail to resonate in the Parliament. In our…

4 years ago

Religion-free governance must for secular India

Secularism is not just political and social expediency but a need for survival of all the unique richness of what…

4 years ago

Why Corbett tiger reserve needs immediate attention

The current crisis of Corbett Reserve is not a new one but the speed and volume with which these surreptitious…

4 years ago

Indian administration and its political masters

Indian administrative system has always been challenged by the recurrent attempts made by political masters to use them as shields…

4 years ago

Firecracker verdict or licence to pollute with impunity?

The verdict is based upon some highly distorted and propagandized beliefs; that there is something like green crackers, that green…

4 years ago

What ails Uttarakhand’s governance?

Uttarakhand region had never been well governed. Till 2000 it was part of Uttar Pradesh where the predatory leadership sucked…

4 years ago

It’s turn for Google’s Climate Ethics

The digital ads promoting the triviality of claims made by climate change protagonists would now be pulled out from any…

4 years ago

The gospel of South Asia

From awe-inspiring spirituality emanating from the mighty Himalayas to the translucent blue waters of Maldives, South Asia exists as the…

4 years ago