Enemies of the State
As the scams started coming out of the woodwork, so did the government’s desire to limit the travel of information. To governments worldwide, bloated in their sense of impunity, the […]
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Mumbai (Bombay)
Mumbai (formerly called Bombay) is a densely populated city on India’s west coast. A financial center, it’s India’s largest city. On the Mumbai Harbour waterfront stands the iconic Gateway of India stone arch, built by the British Raj in 1924. Offshore, nearby Elephanta Island holds ancient cave temples dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. The city’s also famous as the heart of the Bollywood film industry.
RTI Activists meet Ratnakar Gaikwad
This is a follow up to the previous post on irregularities in MMRDA under Ratnakar Gaikwad CIC Ratnakar Gaikwad: “For MMRDA’s Corruption when I was chief, Buck doesn’t stop with
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Untracable communications beyond the reach of RTI
11 June 2012, Mumbai: This isn’t about Ratnakar Gaikwad, who was sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra last Friday in the teeth of widespread opposition from RTI activists.
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Sailgate: Reply to notice from Lawyers of Lt Col (retd) Gautama Dutta and Anju Dutta
This is my reply to the notices by the solicitors of Lt Col (retd) Gautama Dutta and Anju Dutta with regard to my post. This post has been adapted to
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Sailgate: Minutes of YAI Disciplinary Committee meeting held on January 21, 2008
Minutes of the meeting of the disciplinary committee of the Yachting Association of India on 21st Jan 08 at the Gybe Mark, Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre, Mumbai to hear
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Notice for posting defamatory references by Dharmesh Thakker about Notice on my post
So today Dharmesh Thakker who was mentioned in the notice by the solicitors of Lt Col (retd) Gautam Dutta and Anju Dutta on my post has sent me a notice
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The Church and its irRationalist Ways
On 11th of April, charges under Section 295 A, Indian Penal Code, have been filed against Sanal Edamaruku in at least three Mumbai police stations: in Juhu, in MIDC and
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Babasaheb Ambedkar: The fear of democracy of the privileged ~ P Sainath
Babasaheb Ambedkar is an enigma to most Indians. While we all claim to respect him for writing India’s Constitution, there is little we know about who Dr Ambedkar was or
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Forget dog bites, try rats
Recently, a scandalous news item about horrific numbers of dog bites in Mumbai raised questions on what is being done about the menace of stray dogs in Mumbai. But there
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