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Nani Palkhivala The Legendary Indian Lawyer and Economist
Author of ‘We the Nation’ Nanaboy “Nani” Ardeshir Palkhivala Born in Mumbai, India January 16, 1920 Died December- 11, 2002 was an Indian jurist and economist Books Authored: 1.Law and Practice of Income tax 2.Taxation in India 3.The Highest Taxed Nation 4.Judiciary Made to Measure 5.Our Constitution Defaced and Defiled 6.India’s Priceless Heritage 7.Essential Unity of all Religions 8.We, the people 9.…
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Crime Capital: Why Delhi Is by Far India’s Most Dangerous City
India’s capital accounted for 25% of the 670,000 crimes recorded in India’s 53 largest cities in 2015. Delhi is India’s biggest megacity, home of the country’s central government and, according to new police data, way ahead of the competition in the quest to claim the title as the country’s capital of crime. The National Crime…
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Behind a mirror; there is a shadow
Behind a mirror, there’s shadow And gloomy sleep, your way I want to try — where it will lead And where there is the seaport. I see, the flag hanging upon a ship, And you, on deck, standing, all alone, You — in the smoke & sound of train, the fields In grieving of…
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Failing our children – Sexual violence amongst children is notoriously difficult to measure in India
The epidemic proportions child sexual abuse have reached in the country is a comment on where our society is heading. The sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach of every parent is about whether her child is safe from predators. Unless we change as a society we will keep on. Child sexual abuse…
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Protection of domestic violence against women
Even today, women in India and also in other countries, continue to be tortured and beaten behind the closed doors of the house. Women are vulnerable to domestic violence because of the existence of orthodox ideology that they are weaker, both physically and emotionally than men. The reasons for such violence could inter alia be…