In a recent television interview, chairman of the Press Council of India and former Supreme Court Justice, Markandey Katju, censured Indian journalists for their incompetency and lack of knowledge of major or commonly reported about disciplines such as Political Science, Economics, Science, etc.

 Prominent Leftist intellectual and civil society activist Shyam Shrestha comments on the visit by Nepal prime minister Baburam Bhattarai to India. He also explains the ideological debate within the Maoists and reasons for the discord between them.

A Lokpal bill, passed into law in the current shape, would be a tribute to the very same infirmities of the electoral process that the anti-corruption movement seeks to fight.

The Nepali Maoists' reiteration to focus on Constitution writing is a significant boost to the process. 

The fact that in its response to the Supreme Court judgment of Dec 16 the nation is divided cannot be denied, and prudence demands that the causes of this division should not be brushed aside without careful scrutiny.