The writer is a civil rights activist and journalist.
They are overcrowded, unhygienic and have little oversight. There’s a need to expand use of house arrest as punitive measure.
Wed, May 26, 2021Unwavering clarity and commitment to deepening democracy at the grassroots was a passion for Justice P B Sawant and also led him to be recognised for verdicts of depth and calibre.
Wed, Feb 17, 2021“Love jihad” is now entrenched in the public landscape. The term is today wielded by an aggressive majoritarianism, woven into a dominant caste Hindu narrative of religious extremism, Islamophobia, and communal hatred that has crept into Indian courtroom discourse as well.
Fri, Nov 13, 2020Swami Agnivesh’s commitment to plurality, rationality within faith never wavered.
Thu, Sep 17, 2020For this saffron-robed modern-day Swami, the colour of the robes Agnivesh proudly sported meant sacrifice, purity and commitment. In a life well and fully lived – one that should be celebrated—he brought a renewed faith in the colour saffron.
Thu, Sep 17, 2020Teesta Setalvad writes: India’s gaze has, for the first time, been turned towards the “migrant labourer”. For Indian democracy to learn the right lessons from the plight that a sudden lockdown caused this vast section of Indians, a condition that has been brought before the more settled and privileged sections, including politicians, one crucial element must surely be to secure to them the right and facility to vote.
Sat, Jul 18, 2020Will Justice Suresh be remembered because with men (and women) like him on the bench, the lawyer and citizen felt “safe”? Because, whatever the outcome of a particular case, justice would be done and the constitutional mandate upheld?
Fri, Jun 19, 2020... and his lost love and a flickering secularism. A worrying silence echoes in the public sphere
Tue, Feb 06, 2018Sangh Parivar’s view of nationhood, citizenship and entitlements is based on narrow definitions of faith, and the purveying of fear.
Wed, Oct 04, 2017Jadunath Sarkar has not got his due as he was attacked by both Left and Right.
Sat, Dec 10, 2016Substantive pieces of circumstantial and documentary evidence appear to have been overlooked in the Gulberg Society verdict.
Mon, Jun 27, 2016Beyond the grief of the moment, we need to stop denying India’s not-so-hidden apartheid.
Fri, Jan 22, 2016The tone of this government’s argument for the National Judicial Appointments Commission recalls how a former regime browbeat the judiciary in the run-up to the Emergency.
Sat, Jul 18, 2015