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The Illegality and Inhumanity of Women in Pre-trial Detention: Gulfisha's Poems

Gulifisha’s continued imprisonment without trial and her poetry on the injustice of pre-trial detention showcase the masculinist carceral culture of the Indian State.
▶04-May-2025
Pratiksha Baxi

Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code: Excessive Bureaucracy, Few Rights

The Uttarakhand law may violate privacy and religious freedoms by imposing controls on marriage, live-ins, and divorce – measures that can disproportionately burden women and inter-faith couples.…
▶29-Apr-2025
Aarti Mundkur

What Do Muslims Want from Politics?

Muslim representation in politics cannot simplistically be reduced to quantifying their legislative presence. We need to pay heed to the internal diversity in the community and what members perceive…
▶29-Apr-2025
Hilal Ahmed

The War Against Malaria

Malaria cases have been rising in Africa. Can a new set of tools reverse this trend?
▶28-Apr-2025
Shüné Oliver, Jaishree Raman

What Can We Expect of International Law?

International law, rather than dictate state actions, persuades states to develop publicly defensible legal and moral positions, and in the process, generates accountability.
▶23-Apr-2025
Raag Yadava

Government’s Presumptive Claim on Waqf Properties

The Waqf (Amendment) Act of 2025 has been challenged on constitutional grounds. In the first of a series of articles examining important issues raised by the amendment, a discussion here on the…
▶24-Apr-2025
M. R. Shamshad

Reimagining the Road to a More Equitable India

India’s leaders face a crucial decision – persist with Western-inspired economic policies adopted after the 1991 shift away from industrial planning and socialism, or explore alternative approaches.…
▶22-Apr-2025
Arun Maira

The Public Hindu Pilgrimage

Pilgrimages are now more than mere religious acts: they are vast moving spectacles where scale becomes proof of sanctity. The call to become part of a moment eternal yet fleeting draws in devotees to…
▶17-Apr-2025
Amitanshu Verma

The ‘Spectacle’ of the ‘Mahakumbh’

The “MahaKumbh” is crafted to secure the consent, not only of the traditional pilgrims who went following the truly sanatana seasonal rhythm, but also that of the well-heeled “holy-dippers”, who flew…
▶17-Apr-2025
Alok Rai

Caste and Careers: Limited Mobility Over Three Generations

Does caste still dictate occupation and occupational mobility? A socio-economic survey in Uttar Pradesh reveals that aside from modest Dalit upward mobility, the occupational gap between upper-caste…
▶09-Apr-2025
Rukmi Pradeep, Srinivas Goli

King Ludd in the 21st Century

Trump seeks to disrupt the old order with policies that he promises will reverse the fall in labour's share of the American pie. But these inchoate actions also threaten the size of the pie. The…
▶06-Apr-2025
Parikshit Ghosh

Unshackle Local Governments from Bureaucratic Control

State panchayati raj acts empower bureaucrats to suspend or dismiss elected representatives of local governments, and supersede or dissolve the bodies themselves. Such powers must be scrapped, and…
▶27-Mar-2025
Sunil Kumar