National – Vidyut Jain's Blog

September 9, 2016

The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2012- An exploration of Untouchability as a social practice.

The constitution of India, when adopted was very clear on the need to abolish the practice of untouchability, which has been prevalent in India since the ancient times, by making it a fundamental right, it sought to eliminate the derogatory practice once and for all, enshrining it in article 17 of chapter 3 of the

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September 5, 2016

India must prepare for the rise of a liberal party. The Swarna Bharat Party.

We the people of India had been given a largely liberal Constitution at the birth of the Indian republic on 26 January 1950. Over the years, this Constitution has turned illiberal through many of the amendments it has been subjected to. One of first assaults came with the removal by the Nehru government of the

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September 1, 2016

Letter to Indian citizens, 1 September 2016: Introducing India’s only liberal party and how it can fix India’s problems.

Dear fellow citizen of India, Subject: Inviting you to consider the vision and approach of India’s only liberal party Our freedom fighters sacrificed their lives for India’s liberty. They would have been deeply disappointed with what India has become. Our governance is one of the world’s worst. Corruption, injustice, insecurity and filth stalks us at

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August 31, 2016

India’s only liberal party challenges the PM to implement Minimum Government, Maximum Governance

National Press Release – to be released across India 26 August 2016 – embargoed till 4 pm. [Marathi version of the press release: in Word | PDF] President of Swarna Bharat Party, Sanjay Sonawani, asks Mr Modi to substantially increase funding for the police and judiciary Swarna Bharat Party, India’s only liberal party, held a press conference in

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November 11, 2011

Rethinking federalism in India

In a period of widespread discontent and chaos, a period of the increasing clamour for Autonomy and separate states, a period of the waking of the political consciousness and aspiration for managing of their own affairs by local communities and regions, I think it would be a legitimate to ask the question, do we need

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August 13, 2011

On the futility of the Jan Lok Pal and importance of Election Reforms first.

As we approach the 64thIndependence Day, my thoughts yet again drift towards the state of our union, and the way towards a more perfect one. In the past year a lot has happened that was not in the interest of the idea of a more perfect union. The scams of enormous proportion have hit us.

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