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Better Custodial Care Needed for the Marginalized                                       Dr. Saumitra Mohan                 Prison administration is an alienable part of our justice delivery system which, many feel, calls for urgent relook and attention. The prison administration in India has existed almost unchanged since its inception though a nomenclatural change has been effected in the meanwhile. Our prisons are  no longer called ‘jails’ and have been christened as correctional homes today in keeping with the changed ethos.                 Even though the prison infrastructures have improved drastically over the years, a recent report allege...

Reforming the Indian Electoral System                                                                                                 *Saumitra Mohan             While the many Cassandras and prophets of doom kept predicting the failure of Indian democracy because of her humongous size and mind-boggling diversities, India not only has continued to survive in one piece but has actually grown stronger than ever before. Notwithstanding certain institutional weaknesses ...

West Bengal: The Sun Rises in the East                                                 Dr. Saumitra Mohan                 The just concluded elections to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly were unprecedented in more ways than one. While the popular mood of the electorate was more or less known to everyone as also corroborated by the various opinion and exit polls, but the same was overshadowed by the overpitched performances from all the stakeholders as the polls progressed. These elections saw the apex electoral body in a hyperactive avatar which at times appeared unwarranted to many observers. The elections also witnessed diminishing journalistic standards as a section o...