A Delhi court acquitted two Kashmiris in a seven-year-old UAPA terror case, citing serious lapses in the police probe. Such botched investigations erode public trust and justice. The system must now hold accountable those responsible for curtailing their liberty, a prized fundamental right, and for the years spent in jail.
Trump’s use of Pear Harbor shows he’s ending political correctness on an industrial scale
Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Trump’s no-filter comeback, especially in Takaichi’s presence, is a wrecking ball in diplomatic pussyfootedness. Pearl Harbor is a terminal wound on American psyche, just as Hiroshima is for Japanese. Invoking it this way, Trump is ending political correctness on an industrial scale.
Dismissing the case against Ashoka’s Ali Khan Mahmudabad was right
It was right to throw out the case against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad this week. There was no case in the first place. Haryana government only ended up embarrassing itself. Magnanimity aside, it calls for serious introspection on how this decision was taken, whose interests did this serve.
No wonder the editorial board at ThePrint is gloating over the dismissal of charges against the notorious Ali Khan Mahmudabad. They know well enough the game this professor is playing – as they themselves play the same game. It’s just that the domains are different – the tactics and ideology remains the same. One plays the game in the domain of academics and social sciences while the other plays it in the media industry.
Also, how cleverly they roped in Ashoka’s name to drag the university through this unwanted conflict. In their hearts, the editorial team at ThePrint would love this to be a fight between the Haryana govt and the Ashoka University. They would salivate at the very prospect of such a slinging match.