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 the ambit of the...

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 (1926), which...

Introduction The Left in India has had a significant political presence in the years succeeding independence, the age of Congress...