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“It is a matter of regret that …Pariament is still to step in for framing a common civil code in the country. A common civil code will help the cause of national integration by removing the contradictions based on ideologies,” objerved the Chief Justice of India

The 'flower of the mountains' Sikkim has traditionally been considered strategically important for India as it lies astride the shortest route from India to Tibet. This mountain state is bounded on west by Nepal, on north by Tibet, on east by Bhutan and on south by an Indian state West Bengal. Therefore, implications of opening trade through Nathu La pass are obvious.

The question of right to strike has been settled by the Supreme Court in its various judgments implying thereby “ no trade union, political party, or organisation can resort to strike.” It has been declared illegal.

The case in point is the hasty announcement of the Relief Package announced for farmers. It may not only prove an extra burden for the government facing financial crunch, but also for the farmers, the very persons the relief is meant for.

Misuse of intelligence and investigation wings of the State is not a new thing. But, except the occasional outcry against the Executive, who is seriously interested in reforming them? Nobody in the legislature, it seems. Otherwise, how could it be possible that the recommendations of the various commissions and committees have been accumulating dust over them and the politician of the ruling parties have been misusing them for years?

Reform in the true sense of the word is all right, but 'the Reform' we have been pursuing for the last decade does not augur well with the common man. People of this country held the BJP-led NDA government guilty of cruelty to common man and voted it out as a mode of punishment. Taking cue from this, our new Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is going on reiterating that his Congress-led UPA government would continue with 'the Reform' with 'human face'.

We have been witness to the behaviour of our legislators on Women's Bill which is still pending mainly due to their unwillingness to put the Bill to vote. Only a handful of legislators have been all along opposing it, and majority of the legislators are outwardly in its support, but inwardly do not want to get the Bill passed through voting. They want consensus on this regard while the other Bills have been passed despite more strong and vociferous opposition through the instrument of voting.

It's a dirty trick of the government that made the intelligentsia in its favour on the price front despite the common man's grief who are caught between dwindling income and steep price rise.

The people outside government have always been hopeless, however, with such type of national building exercise. Therefore, there is a longstanding demand that the national building work should start from the bottom, say from the villages and the Panchayats.

One of the five proposed measures for tackling terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, militancy in the North East, and left wing extremism in the various parts of the country is the implementation of recommendation of the Malimath Committee on Criminal Justice Administration. The Ministry of Home, Government of India has recently revealed this intention of the government during a presentation in the department related Consultative Committee of the Parliament. Another proposed measures seeks setting up a 'Federal Agency' to deal with the 'federal crimes.' However, such a measure needs constitutional amendment, which in turn requires building up a consensus among the various political parties.