Author name: A. G. Noorani

A.G. Noorani* * The author is an eminent Indian scholar and an expert on constitutional issues. Impeachment won its highest importance in the late 18th century but now lies in a pathetic state of disuse, completely discredited. It was a fundamentally, inherently political device which fell on its own sword. The pinnacle of failure was […]

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar and an expert on constitutional issues. Abstract The implications of the constitutional coup of 5 August 2019 – “the manipulation, abrogation of articles 35a, 370 and unconstitutional delimitation or trifurcation of the state” – have not been grasped in India or abroad. Narendra Modi

by A.G. NOORANI* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar and an expert on constitutional issues. Abstract In 2013 it was the RSS which selected Modi as its Prime Ministerial favourite. He lived up to its faith in him. Add to the RSS’ endeavours the powerful factor of official support… Now, in 2020, no one

by A.G. NOORANI* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar an expert on constitutional issues. Abstract (“The perfidious betrayal of the people of Kashmir by Jawaharlal Nehru from 1947-1964 was repeated with greater force and deceit by the RSS Government of India headed by Narendra Modi on 5 August 2019. His party, the BJP, a

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar an expert on constitutional issues. Abstract Jinnah began as an ardent federalist. The Congress’ lust for absolute power drove him to demand partition. The Cabinet Mission’s Plan of 16 May 1946 for a loose federation provided a sound compromise. He accepted it. The Congress,

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar an expert on constitutional issues. Abstract Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi were masterful persons. For nearly a decade before the establishment of Pakistan, the Gandhi-Jinnah political duel was at the centre of political discourse in the subcontinent… In the case of the

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar and expert on constitutional issues. Abstract Jinnah stood up to Gandhi as early as in 1920; rejected his leadership; did not show deference to Nehru or to the British. Nehru and the Congress could brook no rival. They preferred partition to sharing power with

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar and expert on constitutional issues. Abstract There are two crucial, but largely neglected, turning points in India’s history. In both, the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League came close to settling their differences only to part in acrimony. One was in

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar and expert on constitutional issues. No two persons could have been more dissimilar than Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah and Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last British Viceroy and Governor-General of India. He realised soon after his arrival in India that Jinnah held the key to

by A. G. Noorani* *The author is an eminent Indian scholar and expert on constitutional issues. Abstract (Hinduism is a noble and ancient faith. Hindutva is a modern and fascist concept… Under Modi the gloves are off. Hindutva has acquired a menacing lease on life – Author. In this article, A.G. Noorani references and analysis