Saurabh Tankha Picture this: an honest cop and his team of 20 officers are preparing to arrest a powerful godman with crores of followers. Before they can act, word leaks out. What follows is a storm of pressure, persuasion, and threats designed to stop them from proceeding. First comes money—an amount the officers are told […]Read More
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Rajkumari Sharma Tankha The author of Demons & Demigods and Supreme Court lawyer Aparna Jha argues that capital punishment should be abolished in India. Excerpts from an interview: When and how did the idea of writing a book on capital punishment strike you? I have written two books earlier –Black, White and Polka Dot and […]Read More