Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi On Judicial Reforms & Justice Delivery  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVM_2cQuHY0 

You know the field of administration of justice is a field full of paradoxes.
In India, we have the highest and the fanciest flights of juristprudence, the most sophisticated, nuanced doctrines. In the bench and in the bar, the best and the brightest in the world. A vibrant pulsating democracy. A dynamic legal system. Among doctrines like PIL, like basic structure, judicial review of a scale and magnitude which would make the judges of Marberry and Madison blush. No other place on planet earth has judicial review of the kind we have here.

And yet the paradox, the sad paradox is that we must hang our head in shame when we turn to the scourge of Aar's backlog the battle of the bulge. The theme of this address
we have been sermonizing, lecturing, seminaring, talking for the last many many decades on this scourge of errors, pendency, delay etc. And yet under our very nose from the 2018 figure of 3.5 crores which if you tell any foreigner is shocking enough from the 2018 figure of 3.3 crores we are now and this is a figure 2 years old July 23 a parliamentary stated figure of 5.02 02 crores.
Under our very noses, we have climbed the wrong hill and achieved the wrong milestone. How long will we blame COVID? How long will we keep on appointing committees, commissions?
My favorite quote about these bodies is what a wag once commented which I love to repeat.
A committee is the group of the unfit appointed by the unwilling to do the
unnecessary. So you can keep on appointing them and getting their reports till the cows come
home. But under your noses the areas have ballooned from 3.3 crores to 5.02
crores.We have to change our entire perspective and follow Gandhi G's dictim. Customer
is king. This system is not for you the potential lawyer, me the current lawyer
or him the judge. This system is for that customer. The litigant Gandhi G called him customer is king.
That perspective has to change. The litigant more often than not that
customer wales. He says,
"Every case resolved promptly is a reaffirmation that the law exists for citizens and not the other way around
that the citizens ex exist for the law. If we do not pull up our socks,
indeed our shoes and legs, we are going to suffer from Igbal's
famous and unforgettable words about the unpardonable sin he said.

 Why India's South is surging while its North is struggling  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0HVE0abC2o   Sep 11, 2025  #migration #dwbusiness #india
India is racing toward becoming the world’s fourth-largest economy. But behind the headlines lies a stark reality: the South is booming with tech and investment, while the North struggles with poverty and migration. DW’s Akanksha Saxena travels across both regions to uncover the widening divide — and its impact on India’s future. 

Aspi Shroff: We are in a loneliness epidemic.

And the irony is, we’ve never been more connected. Group chats light up every evening. Emojis substitute affection. Instagram tells you who’s getting married, who’s gone abroad, who’s making reels about growth.

But no one tells you they cried in the shower. No one tells you they sat with dinner and silence for the fifth night in a row. Loneliness doesn’t always look like isolation. In India, it often looks like ritual. You show up for Diwali dinners. You wear the kurta. You pose for the photo. You smile. But inside, something is missing.

We were never built for this much distance. For centuries, India functioned as a web of closeness. Families lived under one roof, not out of compulsion but culture. Your neighbors knew your name. You shared dahi. You shared grief. You fought over mangoes. You borrowed sugar. You didn’t need to ask, “Can I come over ?” You just did.

But then came the upgrade.

We moved into better houses. Bigger salaries. Smaller lives. The kids who once played gully cricket now swipe through reels. The women who once shared evening tea now compare Amazon deals. The men who once sat together reading newspapers now forward news they don’t read.

We replaced intimacy with information. Now everyone knows where you are. But no one knows how you are. We are lonely not because we lack people, but because we’ve stopped showing our hearts.

I see it when friends text me “All good” and then confess breakdowns at 2am. I see it in people who work late, not because they love the job, but because going home feels emptier. I see it in fathers who haven’t hugged their sons in years. In daughters who fake laughter so their mothers won’t worry.

Even in love, loneliness hides. You live with someone. Share a bed. But the silence grows. The touch fades. The conversations reduce to logistics.

“Did you pay the bill ?” “Are we going to your cousin’s wedding ?” “Did you order groceries ?”

You forget to ask, “How’s your heart ?”

We are raising a generation that knows how to hustle, but not how to hold each other. And when someone breaks — as they inevitably do — we send them a playlist. A meme. A quote. But we forget the oldest Indian tradition — sitting. Just sitting. With someone. In silence. Without answers. Without fixing. Just presence.

We don’t need more content. We need more company.

The next time you feel alone, pause. Don’t scroll. Don’t perform. Call someone. Ask nothing. Just stay.

And the next time someone says, “I’m just tired,” Listen carefully. Because tired often means — I miss.

A piece of myself that I no longer recognize. Sometimes, what we miss isn’t a person, but a version of us that laughed without filter, cried without shame, and felt life in its rawest form.

So let us return — not to the past, but to presence. Let’s bring back slow conversations, soft hugs, honest eyes, and unapologetic warmth. Because no matter how fast the world runs, the heart heals only at the speed of connection.