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...news channels and the glut of statistics flashed on the screen during sports events.) In a way, foreign films are back where they were 60 years ago. They are patronized by a small coterie of educated Americans, and by a significant slice of first- and second-generation foreigners: the Indian diaspora that still loves its Bollywood musicals...
...without a homegrown star to inspire the masses, basketball officials fear that the sport won't gain traction. "[Cricket legend] Sachin Tendulkar is a household name, whereas hardly anyone out there knows me," complains 6-ft. 5-in. Jaishankar Menon, a former standout on the Indian national team. Another foot would surely help him. "What we need now is a Yao Ming," says Sharma, the Indian roundball raja. "Once Yao played in the NBA, the color of China changed. It became a basketball nation. If we have an Indian playing in the NBA, the color of this country will change...
...think the U.S. has a problem with activist judges, take a look at India - this country's judiciary is among the most opinionated and interventionist in the world. The Indian Supreme Court regularly wades into national debates; nudges lawmakers by making its opinions and, therefore, its possible future rulings, known; and criticizes government policies. The judges' contribution certainly adds a wonderful air of rowdiness to the public discourse of the world's biggest democracy, but it can sometimes seem that the Supreme Court, as much as the government, runs the country...
...source of judicial activism is the provision in Indian Law for "Public Interest Litigation" (PIL), which is not unlike class-action litigation in the U.S. Like the high court in other systems, India's Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of laws passed by the legislature. But it also entertains matters that haven't come up through the lower courts but in which, according to the Supreme Court's own website, the "interest of the public at large is involved." PIL cases were encouraged from the 1980s as a way of empowering marginalized Indians to claim their rights...
...Indian governments are often at loggerheads with the Supreme Court. In 1971, parliament took the extreme measure of passing an amendment to create a new section of the constitution in which laws are beyond judicial review. Last week, the Court, which has long held that the move was invalid and has created a repository for tainted laws, heard arguments for and against the right of the state of Tamil Nadu to use the amendment to reserve government jobs for the underprivileged. The Court has yet to hand down its decision...