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India’s Lokpal Bill – no early law in sight

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, May 22, 2012 3:01AM UTC

India’s anti-graft legislation will take some more time, maybe never even become law. On May 21 the Centre manoeuvred to stall the law and referred the matter to another sub-committee of Parliament – this time a Select Committee of Rajya Sabha or the Upper House. There is a deadline –

Mamata Banerjee – time for her to stop being herself

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Mon, May 21, 2012 1:14AM UTC

I have nothing to add to the general consensus that Didi has acted like a large grotesque animal in a shop named after a country from where a dramatis personae from the past has given Mamata Banerjee many a sleepless nights besides of course getting her goat most recently on

Indian villagers greet daughters with fruit trees

By Asia Sentinel Sun, May 20, 2012 4:27PM UTC

A way to slow India’s appalling female infanticide rate A small, nondescript village in Bihar may have found a way to ameliorate the appalling slaughter of baby girls while tackling global warming and climate change at the same time with a simple solution that incorporates tradition as well as knowledge

IPL – rude, crude but definitely not prude

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sat, May 19, 2012 2:17PM UTC

The Board of Control for Cricket in India was formed in 1929 and though headquartered in Mumbai, is a society registered under Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. Because BCCI is a full-fledged Member of International Cricket Council, it has the authority to select players, umpires and officials. When BCCI

India’s next President – the emerging scenario – III

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Fri, May 18, 2012 12:48PM UTC

The third part in serial posts in the run-up to India’s Presidential and Vice Presidential elections 2012. In the fortnight since the last post in this series has there been any tangible movement in the unfolding saga of India’s next President? Well not really except that the media has reported