Introduction One can find the line, ‘smoking is injurious to health’ on the cigarette packs. However, the line, ‘breathing can be injurious to health’, holds equal truth and significance for the residents of Delhi. Some reports indicate that even non-smokers inhale air equivalent to smoking around 50 cigarettes per day . In Subhas Kumar v State of Bihar (1991) , the Supreme Court held that the right to get pollution-free water and air is a fundamental right of citizens under
Book: Ruled or Misruled: Story and Destiny of Bihar Author: Santosh Singh Publisher: Bloomsbury ISBN: 9789385436307 Publication Year: 2015 Pages: 341 Price: ₨ 899 I am forever walking upon these shores, Betwixt the sand and the foam. The high tide will erase my footprints, And the wind will blow away the foam. But the sea and the shore will remain forever. —Gibran, Sand and Foam (1926) Mr Santosh Singh begins his book with these six lines of Kahlil Gibran’s Sand and Foam
Interviewed by Prem Ansh Sinha (Editor-in-Chief) Edited by Alankrita Singh (Associate Editor) & Manjari Bhargava (Assistant Editor) Dr Swapan Dasgupta is a Padma Bhushan and former Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He has served in editorial positions at several leading English newspapers, including The Statesman and The Times of India. He is one of India’s few contemporary thinkers on Hindutva and conservatism. An edited transcript of the interview, as taken on 16 Oct
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