Hara Tanzan and Ekido Zenji were walking along a muddy road when they saw...
51 Zen Stories: Muddy Road
Constitution Day
It was on this twenty-sixth day of November, in 1949, that we– the people of India– adopted, enacted and gave to ourselves
Article 1: Union & Territory of India
Apart from defining the name of the Indian Union, article 1 of the Constitution of India...
51 Zen Stories: A Buddha
On one such day, a cold night in Tokyo, Unshou decides to meet Tanzan...
August 15th, 1947: Legal Background
Poets often sang that the borders could separate the soil but for the sky. Little did they know that the Laws could be cruel at times...
Hypoxia & Right to Life
Historically speaking, the year 1918 remains a very important one for the Indians given the impact it had on their basic human rights. Among the other...
Bhishma Pitamah & the State
Without dilating upon the historical developments of it...
51 Zen Stories: The Last Poem of Hoshin
New Year was only six days away and Tokufu was in the fall of his life...
Interpreting ‘with’ the Preamble
Since the preamble manifests the intent or high purpose behind enactment of various provisions in the Constitution, it may be used, despite being couched...
51 Zen Stories: The Moon Cannot Be Stolen
A monk-turned-pilgrim-turned-hermit, a poet and a calligrapher, but above all... a fool.
The Liar 