A somewhat comical, even if self-serving, side play in the Narendra Modi government’s brazen (and thus far successful) attempts to fool the Supreme Court—not once, but twice—in #Rafale and #CBI, have been the interjections of Justice Markandey Katju*. Justice Katju has tweeted 48 times on or around the “transfer” of CBI director Alok Varma by…
Daily Archives: 14 January 2019
Once upon a time, when an Editor passed through a City, the best and brightest gathered to meet and greet
From the archives of The Hindu, 100 years ago. *** Kasturi Ranga Iyengar was the properous lawyer from Kumbakonam who bought The Hindu from its original owners in 1905, for Rs 75,000, and became its Editor. A century on, his descendants now the paper and its allied businesses. An old-style nameplate bearing his name still…