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Interview by the BBC of Dr Subroto Roy at Oxford after Sonia Gandhi’s May 2004 victory
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Independent Indian: Work & Life of Dr Subroto Roy
Interview by the BBC of Dr Subroto Roy at Oxford after Sonia Gandhi's May 2004 victory
wrote 1 year ago: Interview by the BBC of Dr Subroto Roy at Oxford after Sonia Gandhi’s May 2004 victory … more →
Important summits in the USA, Russia, Copenhagen can be attended by the Prime Minister of India as he is not a Member of the Lok Sabha
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wrote 3 years ago: From Facebook: Subroto Roy notes that since Dr Manmohan Singh is the first Indian Prime Minister eve … more →
Are Iran's Revolutionaries now Reactionaries? George Orwell would have understood. A fresh poll may be the only answer
wrote 3 years ago: I was born in Tehran because my parents were Indian diplomats there, and I would love to go back to … more →
Note to Posterity: 79 Ministers in office but no 15th Lok Sabha until June 1 2009!
wrote 4 years ago: The Government of India’s 79 Ministers have taken to their offices like bees to honey yet the … more →
Parliament's sovereignty has been diminished by the Executive: A record for future generations to know
wrote 4 years ago: Sad to say, Parliament’s sovereignty has been diminished, indeed usurped, by the new Executive … more →
Starting with Procedural Error: Why has the "Cabinet" of the 14th Lok Sabha been meeting today AFTER the results of the Elections to the 15th Lok Sabha have been declared?!
wrote 4 years ago: The 14th Lok Sabha stood automatically dissolved when General Elections to the 15th Lok Sabha were f … more →
Inviting a new Prime Minister of India to form a Government: Procedure Right and Wrong
wrote 4 years ago: Better Procedure The Hon’ble President of India invites the leader of the single largest polit … more →
Memo to the Hon'ble President of India: It is Sonia Gandhi, not Manmohan Singh, who should be invited to our equivalent of the "Kissing Hands" Ceremony
wrote 4 years ago: H.E. The Hon’ble Shrimati Pratibha Patil President of India Your Excellency, As India is fortu … more →
India's 2009 General Elections: Result of Delimitation -- Old (2004) and New (2009) Lok Sabha and Assembly Constituencies
wrote 4 years ago: I have not found anything in the public domain from the Election Commission or Parliament or the Del … more →
India's 2009 General Elections: Delimitation and the Different Lists of 543 Lok Sabha Constituencies in 2009 and 2004
wrote 4 years ago: The Election Commission of India makes it very hard to obtain any really productive data but it is s … more →
Pakistan's progress
wrote 4 years ago: Nine months ago, on June 9 2008, I wrote but did not publish the op-ed article below “Pakistan … more →
Bengal Legislative Council 1921
wrote 4 years ago: This is a 1921 photograph of the Bengal Legislative Council with the Governor of Bengal, the Earl of … more →
Origins of India's Constitutional Politics: Bengal 1913
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wrote 4 years ago: This is a 1913 photograph of the Indian members of the first Bengal Legislative Council elected (in … more →
We All Got Rights - Day 380
wrote 5 years ago: Dear George, I’ve been meaning to write to you for a very long time, but I’ve been reall … more →
Communists and Constitutions
wrote 7 years ago: COMMUNISTS & CONSTITUTIONS By SUBROTO ROY first published in The Sunday Statesman, Editorial Pag … more →
After the Verdict: Why the Executive Needed a Vote of Confidence
wrote 7 years ago: AFTER THE VERDICT By Subroto Roy First published The Statesman, October 20 2005, Editorial Page Spec … more →
Bengal Legislative Council 1923
wrote 43 years ago: Bengal Legislative Council 1923 SN Roy, then President of the Bengal Legislative Council 1923, is se … more →
