Serving Quality Education
Serving Quality Education
Q. Enumerate important privileges enjoyed by each House of Parliament collectively and its members individually and also discuss their significance. Parliamentary privilege is the sum of certain rights and immunities enjoyed by each House collectively and by members of each…
Q. Discuss the key tension areas in centre state relations. The Constitution of India provides a dual polity with a clear division of powers between the Union and the States, each being supreme within the sphere allotted to it. Though…
Q. What do you understand by basic structure doctrine? Highlight the elements which constitute the basic structure as decided in various judgments. The doctrine of the ‘basic structure’ (or ‘basic features’) of the Constitution rules that the constituent power of…
Q. What do you understand by the concept of “Rule of law” under Indian constitution? How is it different from that in the UK constitution? The concept of “Rule of Law” is the building block on which the modern democratic…
Q. Individual parliamentarian’s role as the national law maker is on decline, which in turn, has adversely impacted the quality of debates and their outcomes. Democracy is based on the principle of representation. The role of an elected representative is…
CHAPTER 9 : Part 1 – Shogun They were quickly on land. Blackthorne intended to lead but Yabu usurped that position and set a strong pace, which he was hard put to keep up with. The other six samurai were…
CHAPTER 8 : Part 3 – Shogun “Hai, Anjin-san?” the mate asked. He was a middle-aged man with strong white teeth and a broad, weatherbeaten face. A livid bruise marked his cheek where the sea had battered him against…
CHAPTER 8 : Part 2 – Shogun He opened the well-oiled lock and took out his private rutter to check some bearings for the nearest haven and his eyes saw the sealed packet the priest, Father Sebastio, had given…
CHAPTER 8 : Part 1 – Shogun “What do you think, Ingeles?” “I think there’ll be a storm.” “When?” “Before sunset.” It was near noon and they were standing on the quarterdeck of the galley…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 5 – Shogun “Iyé,” the samurai said, shaking his head. “Kasigi Yabu-sama!” “IYÉ?” Rodrigues said. “Kasigi Yabu-sama? I’m from Toda Hiro-matsu-sama, who’s a bigger king than your bugger and Toady-sama’s from Toranaga-sama, who’s the…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 4 – Shogun “Forty-nine degrees fifty-six minutes North—and watch out for the reefs that bear sou’ by sou’west.” “You’re the pilot, by God!” Rodrigues shook Blackthorne’s hand warmly. “Come aboard. There’s food and brandy…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 3 – Shogun What about the barbarians? Now they’re your only profit from the ship. How can you use them? Wait, didn’t Omi give you the answer? You could use their knowledge of the sea…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 2 – Shogun What about the barbarians? Now they’re your only profit from the ship. How can you use them? Wait, didn’t Omi give you the answer? You could use their knowledge of the sea…
CHAPTER 7 : Part 1 – Shogun Toda Hiro-matsu, overlord of the provinces of Sagami and Kozuké, Toranaga’s most trusted general and adviser, commander-in-chief of all his armies, strode down the gangplank onto the wharf alone. He was tall…
CHAPTER 6 : Part 2 – Shogun “You’re more than just a little clever.” Yabu laughed. “You’re put in charge of the animals. Omi-san, trainer of men!” Omi laughed with him. “I’ll try, Lord.” “Your fief is…
CHAPTER 6 : Part 1 – Shogun All eyes in the pit went to Blackthorne. “What do they want with me?” “I don’t know,” Father Sebastio said gravely. “But you must come up at once.” Blackthorne knew…
CHAPTER 5 : Part 2 – Shogun She smiled. “Yes.” “I’m glad. At first I was very frightened. It’s very good to please.” Together they dried Yabu gently and covered him with the quilt. Then the boy lay…
CHAPTER 5 : Part 1 – Shogun Just before first light, the cries had ceased. Now Omi’s mother slept. And Yabu. The village was still restless in the dawn. Four cannon had yet to be brought ashore, fifty…
CHAPTER 4 : Part 2 – Shogun Now he was watching her nimble fingers on his mother’s neck. She was beautiful, tiny, her skin almost translucent and so soft. Usually she would bubble with zest for life. But how could…
CHAPTER 4 : Part 1 – Shogun Vinck tried to make his legs move but he could not. He had faced death many times in his life but never like this, meekly. It had been decreed by the straws. Why…