All posts by Alok

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Vepa Partha Sarathi (1915 – 2012): India’s last Renaissance Man.
January 25, 2012, 8 Comments

A personal tribute to the last Renaissance Man, Prof. Dr. Vepa P Sarathi and what I learnt from him.

Law Critical Digest: 15.01.2012
January 16, 2012, No Comments

The New Year has dawned upon us quietly, law and judiciary wise, but things will hot up soon. The judgment in the Vodafo ...

2011: The year when the Judicial Activism debate ended.
December 30, 2011, 1 Comment

(This is not strictly a review of all things last year, but more of a personal take on the main events of the past year ...

Law Critical Digest: 19.12.2011
December 18, 2011, No Comments

1. The results of the Advocates on Record examination held this year were released some time back and 71 out of about 40 ...

Law Critical Digest: 6.12.11
December 6, 2011, No Comments

The Critical Digest Week 1: (28.11.11- 4.12.11)

Cricket’s Troubled Geniuses: A Review of “Bishan” and “Golden Boy: The Bad Old Days of Australian Cricket”
December 1, 2011, No Comments

Imagine Lord’s on a brilliant summer’s day, bathed in soft, golden sunshine. At the batting crease is a lith ...

The Basic Structure Doctrine: An insider’s view
October 27, 2011, 5 Comments

(This is a book review of TR Andhyarujina’s recently released book “The Kesavananda Bharati Case: the Untold ...

XI Things learned from the Irani Trophy and the Champions League T20
October 6, 2011, No Comments

I wanted write about the 1962-level disaster that was the Indian tour of England. The wounds are still raw though and th ...

Turning the Tide
September 12, 2011, 3 Comments

Celebrating 1 year of Criticaltwenties!

Aadukalam
September 4, 2011, No Comments

Guest blogger Sowmya ponders about Aadukalam's take on the intense world of rural cockfighting... and blind love.