Kaavish Post

Another imagined Messiah is gone, now our hope is on the next one, what he will do? Will justice be the basis of our society? Will the rule of law be followed? Will, there be an end to the hypocrisy? With all these questions we welcome the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. But with all these questions a constant expectation will remain, our search for a Messiah to strongly hold together the paralyzed administration of justice in our society. The tenure of CJI N.V. Ramana started with the statements and speeches which shook the world of our intellectuals. Finally, they had imagined their dreams of just society coming true but like always it all ended with a sad ending giving us reality checks. Finally, there is a CJI who dares to speak and criticize the contemporary situation of the country. We have got our messiah, who will save us from all this political turmoil, and now with the wind, he is gone stating that “Administration of justice is a challenge”, the farewell comes with mi...

  “Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man. One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead. Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence. ” --- Babasaheb Dr. BR Ambedkar After reading this long quote by a great Indian, one may wonder why Ambedkar is saying paradoxical things. To be clear, what Dr. Ambedkar has said might be paradoxical in the way the quote is structured, but it is the reality that one might witness in present India, i.e., India@75. In today’s India, we the people of India aren’t truly free in the sense that though we have constitutional guarantees, we are still discriminated against and our liberties are curtailed. This is the point at which the imagined/ideal India of our constitutional framers and various freedom fighters fails. There is no doubt that India has ach...

India is into its 75th year of independence. People are into a celebratory mood. Are they indeed celebrating or just appear to be celebrating?  The question arises as the very thing, i.e., ‘the Freedom', that they are celebrating or are 'supposed' to celebrate is quite difficult to find there. Because, their physical, mental, emotional, or financial freedom is getting curtailed each passing day on one pretext or the other. Their lives have become a kind of capital for the political and the business class which can be exploited at the whims and fancies of these groups. Their emotions, innermost feelings towards themselves, their families, society or country, caste, and religious affiliations or political leanings, for that matter, are on the display and are getting marketed by and for the benefit of such groups. They are not putting themselves on display voluntarily rather being forced to do so to avoid any name-calling or being judged. All sorts of media have become tools f...