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What’s the case here ?

October 30th 2009

In 1993 , the Supreme Court of India ruled that capital punishment be reserved for the rarest of rare cases . But do we need the death penalty at all ? In India , the sentence of life imprisonment requires the guilty to spend fourteen years behind bars . However , for some cases this [...]

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The hockey quagmire…

September 8th 2009

Should field hockey really be our national sport ? We have had great success in the sport, it is probably still our most successful sporting endeavour. But shouldn’t the most popular sport be our national sport ? In terms of popularity cricket is undoubtedly India’s if not the subcontinent’s obsession. It’s unfair on other sportsmen [...]

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