On My Mind

"Enough is enough! You can't hurt him when I guard him.", said Ramesh. Suresh retorted, "You guard him? You are more of a parasite. You are hurting him!" "Go away before I hurt you. You don't care about him. He has chosen me to keep him safe." "But you don't seem to realize it. Whatever you do is in exact opposite theme." "I am asking you for the last time to stop with your antiques." Suresh had had enough. He picked up a chair and threw at Ramesh. It missed him but ended up breaking a lamp nearby. Ramesh wasn't going to relent either. He hurled the paperweight he was holding at Suresh. It was only a matter a minutes before the entire house was burning. Out came the common man from his hiding now.  He didn't know how to feel. Two strong men in their desire to protect him had turned his house on fire. "Winter session of Parliament washed out recently costing us an amount of INR 40...

" It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer " - William Blackstone In his seminal work "Commentaries on the Laws of England", William Blackstone expressed this idea which though not new, was then cemented and became a profound principle in criminal law. I find this quote rather under-celebrated. To confine it to the brim of law and judiciary seems unjustified. For me, this summarises the differences between every ideology with a tinge of liberalism and those inclined towards radicalism. The focus on the rights of an individual associated with the quote has served as the baseline for Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the stepping stone of liberalism. Having journeyed through different ideologies and philosophies, it seemed we were converging to Liberalism. The year 2016, however, has seen a lot of diversions. Brexit could possibly be marked as the first event this year to reflect the shifting ideologies. People of Britain i...