Justice

Justice: Interplay of Tolerance and Power

Tolerance is often hailed as a virtue essential for peaceful coexistence, yet I find its relationship with justice and the use of power is complex and sometimes paradoxical. Exploring this interplay reveals two distinct but interconnected forms of tolerance that shape how societies manage conflict, uphold rights, and deliver justice. What Is Tolerance? Tolerance involves… Read More
A critique on Restorative Justice

I think restorative justice is subjective and the criminal traditional justice is somewhat objective, broadly speaking. I think that restorative justice forms a part of preventative tolerance. It’s the government’s tolerance that “allows” this restorative type of justice its place. Governement chooses to create a space for dialogue, healing, and mutual resolution before, or sometimes… Read More
Justice: Everpresent

In the last blog, says that the restoration of righteousness should be the outcome of justice. Whereas the restorative justice, or even our traditional punitive justice only tries to fix the bugs or feels like a patchwork at the best. You break the law (a bug), get the punishment under so and so law (fix)… Read More
Rama Rajya

The last blog looks at the justice from the lens of Cosmic Principle. It is everpresent, always operating incessantly. The purpose is to “heal” the world! We often say that as any kind of wrongdoing hurts, justice has to heal. I feel like there’s no difference amongst justice, forgiveness, tolerance and love! Justice operates along… Read More
From Rights To Dharma – Part 2 – The Tolerance–Responsibility Cycle

This essay is the second movement in the series From Rights to Dharma: The Inner and Civilizational Journey of Freedom. The first essay traced the inner arc of maturity: rights awaken the self, responsibility refines it, and yoga reveals the freedom beyond compulsive choice. But no self lives in isolation. The awakened person enters a… Read More
Suraghu’s Dilemma

We have seen the blog being very strict in terms of delivering justice by stating justice as non-negotiable. The we saw some harsh critic on restorative or merciful deliverance of justice. Then the blog talks about the justice as everpresent and kind of a Cosmic Principle. And lastly the blog assumes a sense of gratitude… Read More
From Rights To Dharma – Part 1 – The Freedom Beyond Choice

How rights awaken the self, responsibility protects dignity, and yoga reveals action beyond choice This essay is the first movement in a larger inquiry titled From Rights to Dharma: The Inner and Civilizational Journey of Freedom. It begins not with the state, the law, or institutions, but with the person — the vyakti who first… Read More
From Rights To Dharma – Part 3 – The One Forbearance

This essay is the third and completing movement in the series From Rights to Dharma: The Inner and Civilizational Journey of Freedom. The first essay explored the inner journey from rights to yoga — the vyakti awakening through choice, refining through restraint, and arriving at kaushalam, where the chooser becomes quiet enough for right action… Read More
Series – From Rights to Dharma

The Inner and Civilizational Journey of Freedom We speak often of rights and freedom. We defend them, demand them, legislate them, and celebrate them. But we ask far less often what happens after freedom is awakened. Does freedom end with assertion?Does the right to choose automatically create wisdom?Does a society become mature merely because it… Read More
From Restraint to Remembrance – The Epilogue to From Rights to Dharma

There is a question that hides quietly behind every discipline of restraint. If I restrain my speech, my impulses, my reactions, my needless choices — what is left? What action remains for one who has truly matured the practice of not-doing? The ordinary answer is: right action. The cleared mind acts skilfully. Yogah karmasu kaushalam… Read More