groundviews on why democracy is undermined by the lack of respect for human rights, and why Sri Lanka needs to get together the case for fighting violation of human rights. “There is no way in which effective human rights monitoring can be conducted by national institutions. The National Human Rights Commission is undermined at the top by the intentional violation of the Seventeenth Amendment and the non –constitution of the Constitutional Council as well as by a lack of resources.”
Chandra at Desicritics has some counterpoints on the recent court ruling on the section 377 of the Indian Penal Code decriminalizing homosexuality.
M Serajul Islam criticizes the boycott of Parliament by the main opposition party in Bangladesh and the return of negative politics.
The newly opened 5.6 km Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) connects the Mumbai (Bombay) suburb Bandra with Worli on the south of the city. Dilip D'Souza at Death Ends Fun does some calculations and asks: “In what sense does this new bridge address the commuting headaches of Bombay's residents?”
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