By Rekha Bhattacharjee “Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today” – Mahatma Gandhi The great Indian freedom fighter and apostle of non-violence made this observation more than six decades back. If Mahatma Gandhi returns to his ‘karma-bhoomi’ today, he may die another untimely death out of [...]
Karam C. Ramrakha, a long time lawyer, writer and columnist, uses his expert knowledge of Fiji with his 16 years as a Fiji MP (1966-1982) to assess the current situation in Fiji. Red China (has there ever been another one?) watches nervously as there are widespread demonstrations in the Arab and other worlds against dictatorships [...]
It’s election time in NSW, less than a month away. But there is no excitement, as if the election has already been won and lost – Liberals winning by default and the Labor losing, ridden by scandals and wont for change. The pity is that the Liberals are able to form a government in the [...]