“Off with his head”byPrem PanickerMarch 17, 2016 The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. ‘Off with his head!’ she…
Kanhaiya Kumar, tomorrow and yesterdaybyPrem PanickerMarch 16, 2016 Tomorrow, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court will hear a petition demanding that the bail given to…
Fighting “anti-national forces” by joining thembyPrem PanickerMarch 14, 2016 A bit of a problem, this, for Zee News which morphed “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans onto a video to…
Why is this not “sedition”?byPrem PanickerMarch 14, 2016 The recent Jat agitation for reservations left at least 30 dead and approximately 200 injured, besides who knows…
On laws and their misusebyPrem PanickerMarch 12, 2016 Samar Halarnkar uses a Mumbai booze party — and the smashed bottles in its wake — to make…
Martha Nussbaum on dissentbyPrem PanickerMarch 8, 2016 India, whose embrace of free speech is, historically, deeper and more foundational than that of the US, should…
The literature of seditionbyPrem PanickerMarch 6, 2016 If the police were to burst into your room while you were sleeping and, putting a gun to…
Food for tortbyPrem PanickerMarch 3, 2016 Via Madhu Kishwar, a good point to ponder on: If Jats deserve reservation quota, why is Hardik Patel…
Say what, Judge?byPrem PanickerMarch 3, 2016 Judge Pratibha Rani, late yesterday evening, delivered the Delhi High Court verdict on Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea. It…
Three videos doctored: forensicsbyPrem PanickerMarch 1, 2016 Forensic examination has revealed that three out of the seven video clips of the alleged ‘anti-national’ sloganeering in…