Vivek Katju

1 month ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Vivek Katju |Saba Naqvi |Prathyush Parasuraman |Vaishna Roy

EntitlementRumaan AlamBloomsbury IndiaRs. 799True to the title, the novel is an exploration of the lives of the world’s richest one per cent. Described as “an engrossing and resonant tale of money, morality and madness”. ___A Pulp Fiction TextbookV.M. DevadasHachette IndiaRs.399A book about a series of gruesome deaths, the inventive book plants clues and reveals the killer through exercises, drawings, and questionnaires.

1 month ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Vivek Katju |Saba Naqvi |Prathyush Parasuraman |Vaishna Roy

The Telangana government’s landmark caste survey has rekindled a discourse on social justice measures and reservation while simultaneously triggering intense political fights over who truly represents the interests of the backward classes (BC) in the State. The Telangana Congress currently enjoys an edge as, on March 6, its Cabinet cleared draft Bills to enhance reservation for the BCs in education, employment, and politics on the basis of data obtained from the recently conducted caste survey.

1 month ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Vivek Katju |Sharada Srinivasan |Vaishna Roy

That industry and business seek to influence government policies is an obvious truth. It is also true that governments strive to promote their countries’ commercial interests abroad and that these interests are those of private companies in countries that do not have a thriving public sector. There is, however, a recognised and basic distinction between government and business. This extends from the manner in which they are organised to their decision-making, operations and objectives.

Jan 16, 2025 | firstpost.com | Vivek Katju

The meeting was the outcome of a deliberate decision taken at the highest level in India to publicly upgrade ties with the Afghan Taliban authoritiesread moreForeign Secretary Vikram Misri with Afghan acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai. X/@MEAIndiaForeign Secretary Vikram Misri’s meeting with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Acting Foreign Minister of the Afghan Taliban government, in Dubai on January 8 was potentially a significant development for India’s approaches to Afghanistan.

Jan 10, 2025 | greaterkashmir.com | Vivek Katju

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi visited Delhi last week to meet his Indian counterpart Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri for a process which is called Foreign Office Consultations (FOC). India holds FOCs with a fairly large number of countries. It enables the top professional diplomats of India and the other countries to discuss bilateral issues as well as the regional and the global situations.