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When ‘We the People’ Stand With the Constitution
When ‘We the People’ Stand With the Constitution What does this solemn text within beautiful borders mean to young readers? Textbooks and the Constitution What does this solemn text within …
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Jawaharlal Nehru University: a tale of two anniversaries
Once, there was a future. And people with big ideas – even the bad ones – debated the shapes of that possible future, in ways that seem unimaginable today, beset …
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Democracy and the Role of Academics
India by and large survived as a liberal democracy for almost six to seven decades. The Indian Constitution was structured around liberal values coupled with an egalitarian vision. My generation …
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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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