Franklin Caesar Thomas

Jan 9, 2025 | countercurrents.org | Joycia Thorat |Ranjan Solomon |Franklin Caesar Thomas |Harsh Thakor

by Dr Joycia Thorat and Dr Ranjan Solomon“Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage. Anger is about the way things are and expressing the courage to see that they do not remain the way they are”, said St .Augustine of Hippo. The true hallmark of a Christian is holy anger and Christ-like courage. Today in India this is visible only in a handful of citizens irrespective of the faith they affirm and not necessarily all of them are Christians.

Apr 1, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Rakesh Shukla |Akshay Bajad |Franklin Caesar Thomas |Aman Namra

That the Indian judiciary has been in crisis, often its credibility being undermined, is well known. It is part of the all-round institutional degeneration, increasingly felt. More than 600 lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, have written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a “vested interest group” is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame courts “on the basis of frivolous logic and stale political agendas”.

Mar 4, 2024 | htsyndication.com | Franklin Caesar Thomas

Posted On: 2024-03-04 Posted By: Franklin Caesar Thomas Cities Indian Currents Magazines NEW DELHI, March 4 -- The Constitution (SC) Order 1950, paragraph 3, issued under Article 341 of the Constitution, is religion-based, which says, "Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, no person who professes a religion different from the Hindu, the Sikh or the Buddhist religion shall be deemed to be a member of a Schedule Caste." Article 341 (1) says as follows, "the President may with...

Mar 2, 2024 | indiancurrents.org | Alpha Infotech |Franklin Caesar Thomas |Jacob Peenikaparambil

The Constitution (SC) Order 1950, paragraph 3, issued under Article 341 of the Constitution, is religion-based, which says, "Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 2, no person who professes a religion different from the Hindu, the Sikh or the Buddhist religion shall be deemed to be a member of a Schedule Caste." Article 341 (1) says as follows, "the President may with respect to any State or Union territory, and where it is a State after consultation with the Governor thereof, by...

Feb 29, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd |Franklin Caesar Thomas |Karen Greenberg |Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy

There is a lot of curiosity about forthcoming elections in Andhra Pradesh. It goes for both Assembly and Parliament elections simultaneously with a serious contestation between the ruling regional YSRCP headed by Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy and two other regional parties Telugu Desham Party, headed by N.Chandrababu Naidu and Jana Sena headed by an emotional cinema actor Pavan Kalyan. The national parties—the BJP and Congress— are nominal players as they are in Tamilnadu.