Some time back a group of 15 or 16 Americans came from USA to India. They were all white, half of them women.Someone organised a meeting between them and me in Delhi. When we sat together I mentioned in my address to them that the condition of blacks of USAContinue Reading
Muharram, a period of mourning for Muslims over the martyrdom of Imam Husain, grandson of Prophet Muhammad, is going on these days ( today is the 8th day of a 10 day period which will end on 29th July ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muharram https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/religion/festivals/muharram-2023-date-story-and-significance-of-ashura/articleshow/101819083.cms#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20Muharram%20commenced%20on%20Wednesday%2C%2019th%20July%202023.&text=Muharram%20holds%20an%20immense%20importance,remembrance%20for%20the%20Muslim%20Ummah. On the last (10th) day of Muharram, knownContinue Reading
By Justice Katju I sometimes use my status as a former Indian Supreme Court Judge to help people in distress. An example is given below. Recently I had been invited to Mapappuram in Kerala in a function. Before the function some people informed me of an acute problem youth facedContinue Reading
By Justice KatjuUrdu shaayari should be banned as being unislamic in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.What else should be done to a poetry whose greatest poet Mirza Ghalib writes :” Masjid ke zer-e-saaya kharaabaat chaahiye ”i.e.” Below a mosque there should be a wine shop ”( Wine is haraam orContinue Reading
by Justice Katju I had a long talk on whatsapp a short while back with a brave and upright Pakistani journalist who has been staying for some time in USA. He is a strong supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan ( as I am too ), and for thisContinue Reading
By Justice KatjuI have explained in some previous articles that before the Industrial Revolution, which began in England in the first half of the 18th century and then spread elsewhere, there were mostly feudal, agricultural societies everywhere in the world. The methods of production in feudal society were so primitiveContinue Reading
By Justice KatjuNow that the name of Mughal Gardens In Rashtrapati Bhawan has been changed to Amrit Udyan, chapters on Mughal history have been ordered to be removed from the history syllabus by NCERT, the name of my hometown Allahabad changed to Prayagraj, Fyzabad changed to Ayodhya, Mughalsarai Junction changedContinue Reading
While Kerala has done extremely well in primary education and has practically wiped out illiteracy ( it is perhaps the best state in India in this regard ), education after class 10 has been criminally neglected. This I found personally during my recent visit there. Bright students who had securedContinue Reading
There is a lot of speculation about the 2024 Indian Lok Sabha elections, particularly after 26 Opposition parties came together in Bangalore ( 17 parties had earlier met in Patna ), and they are scheduled to meet again in Mumbai https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/meet-the-26-where-the-opposition-parties-meeting-in-bengaluru-stand-8846893/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCbAvb0kCGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eod3do8ZmYE They have decided to call their unitedContinue Reading
By Justice KatjuI entirely agree with the Chief Justice of India who said recently that judges should not treat protocol facilities as manifestations of power https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chief-justice-of-india-calls-for-self-reflection-and-counselling-after-judge-demands-explanation-from-railway-officials-101689879336251.html https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-news-cji-dy-chandrachud-displeased-with-letter-by-disgruntled-allahabad-hc-judge-to-railways https://thewire.in/law/judge-explanation-railways-cji-chandrachud-displeasure It appears that an Allahabad High Court Judge was upset over what he regarded as ill treatment by the railway personnel duringContinue Reading