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Articles by G. ARAVINTHAN

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Activists want a ministry for men

  G. ARAVINTHAN   13 December 2008 at 12:58

Men’s rights activists want domestic violence laws to be gender neutral. Armed with statistics of high suicide rates among men, their wish list includes a ministry for men’s welfare, a national commission for men and a review of the anti- ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1586 Views


Enough is Enough

  G. ARAVINTHAN   12 December 2008 at 09:46

The rage of Mumbai’s citizens at the government’s callousness and criminal negligence was well expressed in the anguished messages on placards at the Gateway of India that read “Enough is Enough” and “When will WE get Z ..


Posted in Others |   1155 Views


Corruption equals terrorism

  G. ARAVINTHAN   05 December 2008 at 11:09

INDIA HAS always had a parallel economy that has been patronised by politicians, a large section of small traders — those who have perfected the art of staying out of the tax net &m ..


Posted in Students |   2193 Views


India must build irrefutable case

  G. ARAVINTHAN   05 December 2008 at 11:09

The backdrop in which Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari assumed office — the fierce anti-military mobilisation in that country, and his wife Benazir Bhutto’s assassination by terrorists for which many blamed the establishment &m ..


Posted in Others |   1479 Views


2 women raped every hour

  G. ARAVINTHAN   02 December 2008 at 21:48

Every 60 minutes, two women are raped in this country. What is more horrendous is that 133 elderly women were sexually assaulted last year, according to the latest report prepared by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). A total of 20,737 cases ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   1722 Views


No Time to waste

  G. ARAVINTHAN   02 December 2008 at 21:48

Mumbai has been cleared of terrorists. And things will gradually return to normal. But let us face facts. The terrorists achieved their objective: Mumbai was held to ransom for three days, fear spread among the city’s residents, the economy was ..


Posted in Others |   1301 Views


Who’s to blame? Law or enforcement

  G. ARAVINTHAN   26 November 2008 at 10:54

The existing provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act are more than enough to handle paedophile cases, feel advocates and activists. “We have ample laws but no fool-proof enforcement ..


Posted in Constitutional Law |   1528 Views


Life in Afghanistan

  G. ARAVINTHAN   25 November 2008 at 23:19

Afghanistan continues to struggle to find stability as the increasing Taleban insurgency and refugee problems cast a shadow on advances in education and the economy.Here are some of the facts and figures about the people, economy, health, education a ..


Posted in Others |   7721 Views


How sacrifices of migrant labour fuel economic boom

  G. ARAVINTHAN   25 November 2008 at 20:01

The more things change, the more they remain the same. Many things have changed in the global economy: rapid movement of large amounts of capital, significantly expanded trade in goods and services, and also more cross-border movement of people, espe ..


Posted in Others |   1506 Views


I believe in the laws of nature and good karma By Ratnakar Gaikwad

  G. ARAVINTHAN   25 November 2008 at 20:01

I do not believe in a personal God. I believe in Dhamma, the law of nature and destiny. As Buddha has said, there is a chain of conditioned arising from a relationship between cause and effect.The national emblem of our country has the Ashoka Chakra. ..


Posted in Students |   2462 Views