Writing
Columns, essays and commentary by Professor Chhokar.
2016
Surreptitious FCRA Amendment: The Empire Attempts to Push Back
The government appears to be seeking to counter news reports that are critical of the planned amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act. Since…
BJP, Congress MPs Must Recuse Themselves From Voting on FCRA Amendments
Given the obvious conflict of interest, the party MPs must make the honourable decision to opt out of voting on the amendments. It was…
Judiciary out of RTI purview: An invitation to collude?
Towards Openness
Budget promises more transparency in poll funding. But why anonymous donors? The 2017-18 Union budget had an unusual feature, a section titled “Transparency in…
A story of reckless lending
The problem of NPAs points to banks’ vulnerability to political pressure P. Vaidyanathan Iyer, in ‘Govt plans to defuse ticking bank bomb’ (The Indian…
A story of reckless lending
The Lokayukta Travesty
Because laws do not work, they are worked. The shenanigans of the UP government over the appointment of the Lokayukta (‘How Akhilesh Yadav tried…