Pandey’s presentation had just started and one of the two projectors in the court stopped working. Earlier, he had failed to authenticate himself during a demo made for the court.
Chairman Surya Prakash spoke out against the I&B ministry on the question of autonomy; CEO Vempati says internal issues shouldn’t be aired in the press.
On 3 August 2005, Atal Bihari Vajpayee spoke in Lok Sabha and warned that the India-US nuclear deal could compromise India's strategic autonomy in the long run.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
There is not just pain but a commonwealth of honesty behind Me Too. I read Ms Ira Trivedi’s column in Outlook, in which she talks about inappropriate behaviour by Suhel Seth and Chetan Bhagat. Of a less savage intensity, true, than some of the instances that are now in the public domain. She writes how, in light of her presence in publishing and media, she continued her professional association with both men. It is clear she does not wish to file a criminal complaint. Although morally diminished, both men will continue to be important in their fields, exacting a price for her having spoken out. I think she wanted to lend her voice to the growing legitimacy and force of the movement. This is not a passing fad. Nor is it mainly about the past. What women are now seeking, more than closure for themselves – or punishment in a few cases like Ms Tanushree Datta – is a fundamental reordering of how men behave with women – the converse situation is still rare, so referring to it at this stage sounds like whataboutery – in workplaces or their adjuncts. This is not an overly ambitious agenda. What should hurt and surprise is why this moment has taken so long in coming. The message for Shri Vinod Rai and others who exercise authority over the men who stand accused is to not impede or obstruct a fair process of fact finding and the legal or other consequences that may follow. This genie will not go back into the bottle.
There is not just pain but a commonwealth of honesty behind Me Too. I read Ms Ira Trivedi’s column in Outlook, in which she talks about inappropriate behaviour by Suhel Seth and Chetan Bhagat. Of a less savage intensity, true, than some of the instances that are now in the public domain. She writes how, in light of her presence in publishing and media, she continued her professional association with both men. It is clear she does not wish to file a criminal complaint. Although morally diminished, both men will continue to be important in their fields, exacting a price for her having spoken out. I think she wanted to lend her voice to the growing legitimacy and force of the movement. This is not a passing fad. Nor is it mainly about the past. What women are now seeking, more than closure for themselves – or punishment in a few cases like Ms Tanushree Datta – is a fundamental reordering of how men behave with women – the converse situation is still rare, so referring to it at this stage sounds like whataboutery – in workplaces or their adjuncts. This is not an overly ambitious agenda. What should hurt and surprise is why this moment has taken so long in coming. The message for Shri Vinod Rai and others who exercise authority over the men who stand accused is to not impede or obstruct a fair process of fact finding and the legal or other consequences that may follow. This genie will not go back into the bottle.