The desert and the icy Arctic landscape have an identical effect on people. An effect that cuts out the social subterfuge in conversations. I experienced that for years in north Sweden, and now in the Thar. The immediate, matter-of-fact dousing of pretences about casteism was unlikely in other places. Here ... Read More »

After six years of pendency, the Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to a five-judge Constitution Bench the question whether disclosure of information about judicial appointments, transfers of Supreme Court judges amounts to interference in judicial independence. The reference by a three-judge Bench led by Justice Ranjan Gogoi came on an ... Read More »

California virtual Academy (CAVA) instructors want to do their task. It’s that simple. but virtual mountains of administrative obligations, a growing lack of components and support to theiron-line school rooms, and their justifiable worry of talking out on behalf of college students makes ittough for CAVA teachers to do that ... Read More »