Vinay Sitapati

The writer teaches at Ashoka University.

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Sex-change for freeSubscriber Only

March 14, 2009 00:20 IST

Tamil Nadus innovative schemes lessen the stigma of being a eunuch

Sat, Mar 14, 2009

Lawyers,under the lawSubscriber Only

March 13, 2009 23:28 IST

The Srikrishna Commissions interim report on the violence in the Madras High Court last month has pinned the blame on advocate misconduct...

Fri, Mar 13, 2009

Bar room brawlsSubscriber Only

March 06, 2009 00:37 IST

That lawyering is a political profession seems obvious enough. But when courts mimic Parliament sloganeering,scuffles,strikes et al...

Fri, Mar 06, 2009

The b,d,e of HepatitisSubscriber Only

February 21, 2009 00:11 IST

Soon after an outbreak of Hepatitis B in Modasa,Gujarat,come reports of an outbreak of Hepatitis E in Surat.

Sat, Feb 21, 2009

Love actuallySubscriber Only

February 13, 2009 01:45 IST

I love you,Fiza,Chand Mohammad gushed to his new wife,and an assembly of journalists.

Fri, Feb 13, 2009

Fog of warSubscriber Only

January 20, 2009 01:52 IST

Indias public institutions all failed Binayak Sen. Why?

Tue, Jan 20, 2009

Are terror laws just? Civil society debatesSubscriber Only

January 19, 2009 23:19 IST

Human rights are for human beings, Joginder Singh,former CBI director provocatively said,Not for inhuman terrorists. Singh was speaking at the half-day seminar on Refugee Protection at a Time of Crisis: Migrants,Terrorists...

Mon, Jan 19, 2009

Part3: Binayak Sen case raises questions on anti-Naxal measuresSubscriber Only

January 15, 2009 01:42 IST

Doctor Binayak Sens 19-month incarceration by the Chhattisgarh Government has raised several questions. Is he guilty of supporting Naxalites? Why has he been denied bail for so long? These are for the court to answer...

Thu, Jan 15, 2009

PART II: Witnesses,jail records dont back state govts charge against Binayak SenSubscriber Only

January 14, 2009 14:34 IST

Dr Binayak Sen,arrested by the Chhattisgarh government on the charge of conspiring with and being a conduit between Naxalites,has been in jail for 19 months now...

Wed, Jan 14, 2009

PART I: Laws dont affect his bail rights yet Binayak Sen in jail for 19 monthsSubscriber Only

January 13, 2009 14:39 IST

While debating the new anti-terror laws passed in Parliament last month,Home Minister P Chidambaram acknowledged the need for a fair balance between respecting human rights...

Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Race for culture: Forum remembers French scholarSubscriber Only

January 13, 2009 03:22 IST

It was the late 1950s,and UNESCO was determined to prove that different races are not differently endowed (but) Claude Levi-Strauss turned the idea on its head...