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Battle of the individual is best for tinsel town

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Apr 10, 2012 2:30AM UTC View Comments

The other day, I happened to see on TV parts of the 2011 Hindi blockbuster “Singham.” It starred Ajay Devgan in his full fury, enacting the role of an honest cop who dons the mantle of the corrector. The character portrayed by Devgan is not of a new genre. Almost forty years ago, script writers...

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Troubled domestic help industry in India a maid to order disaster

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Fri, Apr 06, 2012 3:43AM UTC View Comments

The incident involving the doctor couple in New Delhi arrested after being accused of locking up and starving a 13-year-old maid while vacationing in Thailand is not the first of its kind. It is also unlikely to be the last in India. Looked at from a linear perspective, the case is a simple one: an...

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SKorea: Supreme Court rules no punishment for false statements to police

By Nathan Schwartzman Tue, Aug 02, 2011 12:46PM UTC View Comments

Given the prevalence of false confessions in every legal system, I would say this is a nice burst of common sense, but it seems that someone is being acquitted of deliberately attempting to cover up a crime. The Supreme Court has ruled that there can be no punishment for producing false evidence (증거위조죄) when a...

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University of Dhaka student illegally detained and tortured by police

By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury Fri, Jul 29, 2011 3:22PM UTC View Comments

Abdul Quader, a student of biochemistry of University of Dhaka, was never one to stir violence. On July 16, he was on his way to his dormitory Fazlul Haque Hall of the University after visiting a relative at the Holy Family hospital at around 1.30am. Allegedly the police picked him up from the Segunbagicha area...

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Bangladesh: Opposition calls 36-hour strike from June 12

By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:58AM UTC View Comments

Flames rise from a bus set on fire by protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 4, 2011. Pic: AP.

A week after their general strike that brought Bangladesh to a standstill on June 5, the main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally Bangladesh Jamaat-E-Islami declared a 36-hour long strike from June 12. Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) and Islami Oikya Jote (Aminee), the two other allies of the Four-party alliance, have also...

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