tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post2850883878860299386..comments2023-10-14T04:22:12.754-07:00Comments on Permanent Revolution: Krishna Ananthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-26703470852514508662009-03-18T04:11:00.000-07:002009-03-18T04:11:00.000-07:00Lawyers are lawbreakers. They don't deserve any sy...Lawyers are lawbreakers. They don't deserve any sympathy and mercy of the common man.It is time we need to get rid of goons from the lawyer's faternity.A Doosra Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03437783613129936923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-20188969080436483212009-03-08T00:35:00.000-08:002009-03-08T00:35:00.000-08:00The author will neither go on fast nor immolate bu...The author will neither go on fast nor immolate but keep writing magna cartas in support of hooligans..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-54153013115130981022009-03-06T14:31:00.000-08:002009-03-06T14:31:00.000-08:00With Justice B.N. Srikrishna claming the obvious (...With Justice B.N. Srikrishna claming the obvious (that the hooligans started the violence in the High Court), does the author of this blog have anything to say about? Is he planning to go on 'fast unto death' (political style) or self-immolate to protect the territory of these hooligans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-25879968932441927922009-03-01T10:15:00.000-08:002009-03-01T10:15:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-59456248345689857732009-03-01T00:32:00.000-08:002009-03-01T00:32:00.000-08:00Using the law and constitution, that defend right ...Using the law and constitution, that defend right to property, to build a egalitarian society is a most "status quo" position one can take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-7643802135034915512009-02-28T23:12:00.000-08:002009-02-28T23:12:00.000-08:00Dear ``comrade''I do not agree with your perceptio...Dear ``comrade''<BR/><BR/>I do not agree with your perception that we should condemn the Supreme Court for having taken a pro-active position on the assault against the lawyers and the statement you made about the SC not having done so in any instance involving others. Please do not gloss over such instances where the court had ordered that foodgrains be distributed to the starving poor as Krishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-82607023967180597802009-02-28T07:33:00.000-08:002009-02-28T07:33:00.000-08:00Now let me ask a simple question to you Mr. Comrad...Now let me ask a simple question to you Mr. Comrade and to the author of this blog. How would you both interpreted this assault by police on lawyers had it happened outside the court premises? How would you both interpreted the incident of the assault on Subramanian Swamy had it happened at Anna Salai, Mount Road? For me the entire debate has hijacked the central issue, i.e., the Indian state's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-3166304898889434542009-02-28T01:25:00.000-08:002009-02-28T01:25:00.000-08:00There is an interesting editorial (very rare thoug...There is an interesting editorial (very rare though) in The Hindu today on SC views on High Court incident (http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/28/stories/2009022854661000.htm). This is what precisely I am trying to refer to. It is indeed strange for the SC to ask the TN government to deposit Rs.20 lakhs for the treatment of injured lawyers. Whose side the SC is taking here and why? How many times did Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-300413254067588862009-02-27T08:19:00.000-08:002009-02-27T08:19:00.000-08:00Thank you. You indeed answered my question. I find...Thank you. You indeed answered my question. I find to read all the newspapers difficult everyday and in that sense your blog provides a window to your publications elsewhere. You seem to be very serious in your responses. A smile from you will bring cheers to the readers like us :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-27177351004730749462009-02-27T06:49:00.000-08:002009-02-27T06:49:00.000-08:00I meant the comrade when I said I was eager to kno...I meant the comrade when I said I was eager to know him/her because we seem to know each other. In addition, I thought the comment raised some issues that need to be answered/responded/considered.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I am at a loss over the fact that someone here is keen on commenting but not wanting to come out and say hey... it's me.<BR/><BR/>I have no issues about that and let it be that wayKrishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-29069277708198915572009-02-27T02:23:00.000-08:002009-02-27T02:23:00.000-08:00I don't know why the author of this blog is curiou...I don't know why the author of this blog is curious to know the identity of those who comment here. While the issue is important it is approriate if the issue is addressed than pondering over the identity of those who commented. The comments are not going to bring any disrepute for the author of this blog or for that matter he is going to stop the blog! Let us focus on the issue and address it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-47048070358064100592009-02-27T02:03:00.000-08:002009-02-27T02:03:00.000-08:00Sorry about this 'anonymous' confusion. Krishna re...Sorry about this 'anonymous' confusion. Krishna refers to me (I signed as 'comrade') in his response.<BR/><BR/>ComradeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-5679284753143191812009-02-26T21:02:00.000-08:002009-02-26T21:02:00.000-08:00There are so many anonymous comments written here ...There are so many anonymous comments written here and that I request you to please sort out the identity based on content and not to hurry up in putting every anonymous in a single basket. The third comment from above seem to be a rightist anonymous. Me the anonymous first and ninth post from above. The 7th post from above appear to be a secular anonymous. I request the author of the blog not to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-12942447230140076042009-02-26T20:08:00.000-08:002009-02-26T20:08:00.000-08:00There is this anonymous post by someone who certai...There is this anonymous post by someone who certainly knows me. And I gather he/she is not in India any longer. Am just curious to know who that person is... and will certainly react/reply to all the questions.<BR/><BR/>I was there in the court premises during the rampage.Krishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-79928114157395002592009-02-26T18:39:00.000-08:002009-02-26T18:39:00.000-08:00I don't why the hell all the intellectuals, media ...I don't why the hell all the intellectuals, media go about making this as an issue between police and judiciary! Just because the police brutality happened within the premises of Madras High Court does not mean that it is an assault on judiciary. ONE SHOULD SEE THIS INCIDENT AS A SYSTEMATIC ASSAULT OF INDIAN STATE ON CIVIL SOCIETY. POLICE IS AN INSTRUMENT OF STATE.<BR/>The legal community in TN Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-18019231998238448012009-02-26T17:05:00.000-08:002009-02-26T17:05:00.000-08:00If you believe the lawyers are saints in the High ...If you believe the lawyers are saints in the High Court incident, then watch this video and make your own judegement.<BR/><BR/>Is Police-lawyer Clash Justified? <BR/><BR/>http://mefeedia.com/entry/is-police-lawyer-clash-justified/14594375Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-83965637455835359012009-02-26T16:30:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:30:00.000-08:00KrishnaNowhere in your piece did you mention wheth...Krishna<BR/><BR/>Nowhere in your piece did you mention whether you were a witness to the events on the day in High Court. If the facts are based on hearsay, then again you have two sides for every coin. My facts (which are quite contradictory) are as good as yours.<BR/><BR/>You say: The lawyers have been on a course of boycott of courts demanding the intervention by the Union Government... <BR/> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-42927882452914693182009-02-22T19:47:00.000-08:002009-02-22T19:47:00.000-08:00Let me make it clear: I am not too sure as to whet...Let me make it clear: I am not too sure as to whether the lawyers must desist from strikes because I am among those who stands up for the right to strike by the workers, peasants and the students. It is, in my view, a status quoist position to call strikes as disruptive and the thing is that such people who condemn strikes are essentially made up of a servile mind.<BR/><BR/>As for Subramanian Krishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-13093076906652882812009-02-22T19:13:00.000-08:002009-02-22T19:13:00.000-08:00Anonymous - 1: Thanks Mr. Krishna Ananth for sugge...Anonymous - 1: Thanks Mr. Krishna Ananth for suggesting me to write on state/civil society relationship. I only thought that the present tussle between police and lawyers is part of a larger issue between state/civil society on Sri Lankan Tamil issue and hence requested you to write. I understand your concerns. <BR/><BR/>@ Anonymous 2 & rediffmail: Dr. Subramanian Swamy must first learn to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-75760542698742132002009-02-22T10:22:00.000-08:002009-02-22T10:22:00.000-08:00The lawyers have no business to boycott courts as ...The lawyers have no business to boycott courts as they have been doing in Tamil Nadu at the cost of the litigants and also to delaying the much delayed justice process.<BR/><BR/>Lawyers if they are really concenred should come out and contest elections and make their voice felt in Parliament and Legislatures.<BR/><BR/>Mr. V. Krishna Ananth should first condemn all the lawyers who attacked Dr. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-73639687147856459922009-02-22T10:20:00.000-08:002009-02-22T10:20:00.000-08:00The lawyers have no business to boycott courts as ...The lawyers have no business to boycott courts as they have been doing in Tamil Nadu at the cost of the litigants and also to delaying the much delayed justice process.<BR/><BR/>Lawyers if they are really concenred should come out and contest elections and make their voice felt in Parliament and Legislatures.<BR/><BR/>Mr. V. Krishna Ananth should first condemn all the lawyers who attacked Dr. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-1513267238309478862009-02-22T06:46:00.000-08:002009-02-22T06:46:00.000-08:00Thanks. I do agree that the state/civil society re...Thanks. I do agree that the state/civil society relationship needs to be written about. But I am not too sure if I can do it; for two reasons. One is that I am not too confident on that subject as such and the other being my schedule does not give me the time to reflect seriously.<BR/>Why don't you do it?Krishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-34304049423998897672009-02-22T05:38:00.000-08:002009-02-22T05:38:00.000-08:00This is a very well written open letter to the edi...This is a very well written open letter to the editor. I read the letter with great interest in today's newspaper. Lawyers are entitled to have their own opinion on Sri Lankan Tamil issue. If you can write on State/civil society relationship on the Sri Lankan Tamil including the lawyers/police issue by taking recourse to the events that has unfolded in TN ever since the war broke out in Sri LankaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com