In this excerpt from her autobiography, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit explains why she stayed on despite the fallout of the controversial 2012 incident.
Sheila Dikshit, in Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life, talks about the alleged irregularities surrounding the 'orphaned' Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.
In his book 'Not Just An Accountant', then CAG Vinod Rai has written that Manmohan Singh was aware of the wrongdoings of A Raja but chose to remain silent.
In this excerpt from his book 'Imperfect', Sanjay Manjrekar talks about his friendship with Manoj Prabhakar and how the all-rounder failed a test of integrity.
In this except from his book 'Imperfect', Sanjay Manjrekar talks about one of India's most controversial matches ever and debunks some conspiracy theories.
In this excerpt from his book 'Imperfect' Sanjay Manjrekar talks about the controversial incident in which former Australian cricketer Dean Jones called South African batsman Hashim Amla a terrorist.
In this excerpt from his book titled 'Not Just An Accountant', former CAG Vinod Rai writes about how the auditor came up with the number and its consequences.
A new book attempts to dispel the notion that India was the provocateur in the 1962 war with China. 'China's India War' by Bertil Lintner says that China had caught India by surprise and it had a simple objective.
In 2003, Hindu groups laid siege to a dargah in Karnataka, calling it the Ayodhya of South. Here is what Gauri Lankesh wrote about it on 3 December 2003 in Lankesh Patrike.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
It’s unbelievable how dumb the headline sounds. Let’s enunciate this for you: A heinous rape was committed by a detestable bunch of men who also killed the woman. Neither Sheila Dixit nor Central Govt committed this crime. Any governments immediate responsibility is to catch the culprits and start a legal process of punishment. The long-term responsibility is to pass legislation on punitive and preventive measures. No justice system can blame a government for a rape (needing Dixit and central govt to keep passing blame), though govts are accountable for issues like street lighting, adequate policing, bus regulations, and important messaging that crimes against women will invite strongest punishment. The movement that picked in numbers was an immediate reaction to how heinous the crime was and the fact that the woman died of the attack. But if it was used politically, either by civil society or opposition or those within Congress, I m afraid India has only slaughtered the scapegoat and done little to prevent repeats. India is now known across the world as Rape capital of the world. Delhi’s rape statistics since change of government might remain the same or increase even. But the only request to politicians in these cases: 1. Don’t utter stupid, insensitive quotes 2. Don’t blame government and think it’s end of your responsibility. 3. See the legal cases to their logical conclusion. 4. Accept India has a massive rape problem and continue working on legislation. 5. To Print: we know you are looking for dirt on Congress. Shows in your headlines. Kindly focus on systems that could bring the numbers down. Delhi has a massive problem. Put your bright brains to use to solve that. Don’t play petty politics and cherry pick quotes on a serious issue like rape. 6. To ms Dikshit: the woman died. She copped the worst of this. No chief minister, no prime minister needs to pass the buck or resent taking responsibility. Your responsibility was to bring them to book. As long as you are clear you did everything to prevent more cases, your conscience should be clear.
It’s unbelievable how dumb the headline sounds. Let’s enunciate this for you: A heinous rape was committed by a detestable bunch of men who also killed the woman. Neither Sheila Dixit nor Central Govt committed this crime. Any governments immediate responsibility is to catch the culprits and start a legal process of punishment. The long-term responsibility is to pass legislation on punitive and preventive measures. No justice system can blame a government for a rape (needing Dixit and central govt to keep passing blame), though govts are accountable for issues like street lighting, adequate policing, bus regulations, and important messaging that crimes against women will invite strongest punishment. The movement that picked in numbers was an immediate reaction to how heinous the crime was and the fact that the woman died of the attack. But if it was used politically, either by civil society or opposition or those within Congress, I m afraid India has only slaughtered the scapegoat and done little to prevent repeats. India is now known across the world as Rape capital of the world. Delhi’s rape statistics since change of government might remain the same or increase even. But the only request to politicians in these cases: 1. Don’t utter stupid, insensitive quotes 2. Don’t blame government and think it’s end of your responsibility. 3. See the legal cases to their logical conclusion. 4. Accept India has a massive rape problem and continue working on legislation. 5. To Print: we know you are looking for dirt on Congress. Shows in your headlines. Kindly focus on systems that could bring the numbers down. Delhi has a massive problem. Put your bright brains to use to solve that. Don’t play petty politics and cherry pick quotes on a serious issue like rape. 6. To ms Dikshit: the woman died. She copped the worst of this. No chief minister, no prime minister needs to pass the buck or resent taking responsibility. Your responsibility was to bring them to book. As long as you are clear you did everything to prevent more cases, your conscience should be clear.