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Community vs Dormitory
What was the difference between “community” and, for the moment lets call it, “other” cases of coronavirus in Singapore? Community transmission simply means the spread of the virus from person …
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Reflections on a daily bird list during lockdown
I kept a daily bird list for a year, recording every bird species I perceived between 3rd of January 2019 and 2nd of January 2020. The last time I kept …
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LAW AND THE SUBVERSION OF JUSTICE IN INDIA
While purporting to investigate the Hindutva-fuelled riots of 1st January 2018 following the Elgaar Parishad commemoration of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon, an iconic event in Dalit historiography, the state has …
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REGRESSIVE LEGAL CHANGES AND THE MISUSE OF LAW IN INDIA
In India today the laws are being misused to stifle the constitutional and democratic rights of freedom of speech and expression and assembly. Intellectual/academics, civil rights activists, lawyers, political opponents …
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For Djab Wurrung trees and country
One of the forms of violence that circulates in development contests operates through the very concept of traditionality. Aboriginal traditional ‘heritage’ is established through the prism of archaeology. It turns …
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Whither India?
The Indian state under the current ruling political formation has over the past few years been pursuing a virulent campaign of a populist anti-intellectualism, targeting the humanities and the social sciences in particular.
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