J Sai Deepak

The writer is a commercial and constitutional litigator who practises as an arguing counsel before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi and the NCLAT. He is also the author of bestselling books, 'India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution', and 'India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation'

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‘Constitutionalism’ has become another word for extending colonial legaciesSubscriber Only

November 29,2024 04:41:35 AM

To tie down a society for all time to come to a specific version of the Constitution is to take away the agency of the present and the future to craft their respective destinies in a manner that preserves their sense of self while remaining committed to the goals of constitutionalism

Fri, Nov 29, 2024

J Sai Deepak writes: The perception of justice is as important as justice itselfSubscriber Only

September 23,2024 04:10:02 AM

Transparency in conduct and reticence in public engagement, especially with centres of elected power, are expected of unelected constitutional institutions

Mon, Sep 23, 2024

J Sai Deepak writes: 2024 — Bharat and DecolonisationSubscriber Only

June 04,2024 22:04:42 PM

Political battles will occupy mindspace in the here and now, the larger, long-term and all-important canvas is consciousness, and hence civilisation and culture

Fri, Jun 07, 2024

J Sai Deepak writes: 2024 — Bharat and DecolonisationSubscriber Only

June 04,2024 21:01:42 PM

Political battles will occupy mindspace in the here and now, the larger, long-term and all-important canvas is consciousness, and hence civilisation and culture

Tue, Jun 04, 2024

To acknowledge this reality is not to present an apologia for casteism or caste-based discrimination either in the past or the present, but to understand the system as it existed prior to its distortion. C R Sasikumar

J Sai Deepak writes: Why ‘caste’ is a Western constructSubscriber Only

February 01,2024 07:07:21 AM

The formative literature on it dates to colonial times and is the work of writers with deep-rooted prejudices against Hinduism

Thu, Feb 01, 2024

In his seminal work, Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India (2001), Nicholas B Dirks demonstrates factually that the use of “caste” to understand Bharat’s society is a modern phenomenon attributable to the colonial period. (Express File Photo)

J Sai Deepak writes: How missionary work in Bharat birthed ‘caste’ and ‘Dravidian’ identitySubscriber Only

January 15,2024 07:55:57 AM

As the literature will further reveal, “Indology”, as we know it today, has its foundations in Christian evangelical motives since it was important for the missionaries to understand the social lay of the land of Bharat to harvest souls and convert the “natives” to the “one true faith”.

Mon, Jan 15, 2024

The colonial-missionary roots of ‘caste’ and ‘tribe’Subscriber Only

November 06,2023 05:30:02 AM

The flawed application of a Christian-European lens to the understanding of Bharat’s social organisation laid the foundations for its contemporary interpretations

Tue, Nov 07, 2023

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J Sai Deepak writes: Udhayanidhi Stalin’s attack on Sanatan Dharma and the problem with DravidianismSubscriber Only

September 27,2023 07:45:50 AM

Dravidianism, akin to Khalistanism, is but a customised, made-to-taste version of the inculturation template that has been employed the world over by the same mindset in achieving the same goal — namely, to balkanise Dharma and its sacred geography — which would become apparent as this conversation progresses

Wed, Sep 27, 2023

J Sai Deepak writes: Mind the civilisation gapSubscriber Only

July 13,2023 07:07:36 AM

I did not argue against constitutional morality, I only seek inclusion of civilisational awareness in its calculus

Thu, Jul 13, 2023

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J Sai Deepak writes: ‘Majoritarianism’ is used to gaslight HindusSubscriber Only

June 22,2023 07:07:46 AM

Cries of 'Hindu majoritarianism' ignore the fact that expression of Hindu will is based on civilisational nexus between Hindu worldview and this geography. Constitutional morality cannot display selective historical amnesia

Thu, Jun 22, 2023

Keep Left no more: After 2014, a change in the state’s default settingSubscriber Only

May 12,2023 17:49:59 PM

Left must now compete in the marketplace of ideas. The ideological Old Guard must wake up and smell the coffee — its days of monopoly over thought are up

Sat, May 13, 2023

J Sai Deepak writes: For judiciary, the red lines are bright and clearSubscriber Only

March 31,2023 16:37:33 PM

Only an instance of unconstitutionality warrants the intervention of the judiciary as the watchdog. In all other cases, it has no other option but to remain a spectator to the vibrant dance of democracy

Sat, Apr 01, 2023

J Sai Deepak writes | On petition for a Renaming Commission: The right to renameSubscriber Only

March 07,2023 07:15:50 AM

In a country that has been the victim of invasions, and colonialism, renaming can contribute to the revival of civilisational consciousness and restorative justice

Thu, Mar 09, 2023

J Sai Deepak writes: Enforcing the Patent Bargain: Intellectual property rights sensitivity should not be at the expense of public health obligationsSubscriber Only

January 30,2023 07:20:38 AM

‘Make in India’ must be reconciled with ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, and in the event of conflict between the two, the latter must prevail for Bharat to retain its position as the pharmacy of the world

Mon, Jan 30, 2023