Articles by Colin Gonsalves
At last, reservation for women in Nagaland
This article is authored by Colin Gonsalves, founder, Human Rights Law Network, India.
![Nagaland saw the most dramatic fall in both voter turnout and number of voters. (AP) Nagaland saw the most dramatic fall in both voter turnout and number of voters. (AP)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/05/04/148x111/Nagaland-saw-the-most-dramatic-fall-in-both-voter-_1714591012346_1714818134286.jpg)
Published on May 04, 2024 03:54 PM IST
Bhima Koregaon could be the start of 2nd national movement for democracy | Opinion
I wish I had been there at Bhima Koregaon protesting with others in what could well turn out to be the beginning of a second national movement for genuine independence and democracy.
![Poet-Social activist Varavara Rao as he returns home to be placed under house arrest, in Hyderabad on Thursday, Aug 30, 2018. Supreme Court gave relief to Rao and four other rights activists, who were arrested for their alleged role in Bhima Koregaon violence.(PTI) Poet-Social activist Varavara Rao as he returns home to be placed under house arrest, in Hyderabad on Thursday, Aug 30, 2018. Supreme Court gave relief to Rao and four other rights activists, who were arrested for their alleged role in Bhima Koregaon violence.(PTI)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_300x169/HT/p2/2018/08/31/Pictures/varavara-rao-brought-back-to-hyderabad_26c7ae40-ad4a-11e8-82d1-388e3d6e11aa.jpg)
Published on Sep 01, 2018 03:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi |
Colin Gonsalves
Indian Army must stop its discrimination against military nurses
Today, moves are afoot to take away the commissioned rank, to remove military nurses from the regular army and to reduce them in status and dignity to a situation worse than that under the English Army
![An Indian Army soldier gets treatment for a gunshot wound to his leg at the 92 Base Military hospital, Srinagar, June 15,2002(Getty Images) An Indian Army soldier gets treatment for a gunshot wound to his leg at the 92 Base Military hospital, Srinagar, June 15,2002(Getty Images)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_300x169/HT/p2/2017/12/12/Pictures/wounded-indian-soldier-in-kashmir_2209e69a-df17-11e7-8c02-0f57a5c79e45.jpg)
Published on Dec 13, 2017 12:32 PM IST
The law is clear: India can’t deport Rohingyas
On refugees, New Delhi has always trusted UNHCR’s vetting and accreditation process. Why is New Delhi undermining it now?
![A Rohingya Muslim boy, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, pleads with aid workers to give him a bag of rice near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, September 21(AP) A Rohingya Muslim boy, who crossed over from Myanmar into Bangladesh, pleads with aid workers to give him a bag of rice near Balukhali refugee camp, Bangladesh, September 21(AP)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_300x169/HT/p2/2017/09/27/Pictures/bangladesh-myanmar-attacks_e1b5af8c-a359-11e7-b007-413935cf253f.jpg)
Updated on Sep 27, 2017 02:17 PM IST
Thank God for Supreme Court
Immediately after stunning judgments of the Supreme Court —the Thomas (CVC) case, the 2G Spectrum case, the black money case and the Salwa Judum case – politicians and corporations criticised “judicial overreach” in an attack on the court. Colin Gonsalves writes.
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Updated on Jul 31, 2011 01:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times |
Colin Gonsalves
Injecting canards
Afzal?s defence rested on two gross infirmities: one, it was a trial by media; two, he was denied a lawyer, writes Colin Gonsalves.
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Published on Oct 17, 2006 12:59 AM IST
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