Archive for January, 2011

Of Murray’s Tribulations and Djokovic’s Joy
January 30, 2011, Comments Off

Every time Andy Murray enters a Grand Slam tournament, the expectations are immense. These, of course, are only partly h ...

Section 9, Arbitration Act: Interim Orders against Third Parties
January 28, 2011, 18 Comments

S. 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is surely no stranger to controversy. It formed an integral element o ...

Best of 2010- part II
January 27, 2011, 6 Comments

Following Mukul’s wonderful list published a month earlier, I decided to throw in ten more movies that, I think, deser ...

Bond, Ruskin Bond.
Hitchhikers’ guide to the Jaipur Literature Festival
January 26, 2011, 2 Comments

(Mukul Sharma and Suhas Baliga recount their weekend expedition to the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival) In many ways, we ...

Happy Republic Day?
January 26, 2011, Comments Off

Why we should introspect while celebrating our 61st Republic Day

Why ‘book piracy’ matters?
January 26, 2011, 2 Comments

Besides being a means for sellers to earn a livelihood and for readers to gain cheap access to books, a ‘grey market� ...

Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara
January 26, 2011, 5 Comments

In recent days leading up to the Republic Day, we have heard about and seen the politicking happening around Bharatiya J ...

Mergers, Demergers and The Income Tax Act, 1961: Things said and unsaid
January 22, 2011, 37 Comments

[This is a guest post by Sowmya Kumar. She is an Ex-BigLawFirm Associate who recently quit her job to indulge in pursuin ...

Dhobi Ghat (2011)
January 21, 2011, 9 Comments

Our guest blogger, Danish Sheikh, reckons that Kiran's Rao Dhobi Ghat is a wonderful movie that meditates about artists, ...

Of Tennis, Backhands, Henin and Gasquet
January 21, 2011, 1 Comment

Tennis is a glorious sport, one in which two players maul, with ferocious vigour, at each other from the opposite sides ...