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Sex offender lists: a step forward?

Harsimran Kalra

Harsimran Kalra argues that making public all details of accused in crimes against women has serious implications and could trigger anarchic tendencies in society, when the larger focus ought to be on crime prevention and healthy attitudinal changes towards women in our midst.

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  • Harsimran Kalra

    Harsimran Kalra’s areas of expertise are parliamentary procedures, accountability and civil liberties. She has worked as an Analyst at PRS Legislative Research, where she scrutinised various accountability initiatives of the government. Her articles on media law have been carried in journals like India Law Journal and Managing Intellectual Property. Kalra has worked as a Legal Trainee at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and as an Associate at Fidus Law Chambers.
    Research:  As a Public Policy Scholar with The Hindu Centre, Kalra will study the role of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and its impact on the Parliament.
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  • Nikhil Moro

    Nikhil Moro, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the University of North Texas, where he directs a research collective titled South Asian Media, Culture & Arts, and co-edits a humanities journal, the Journal of Contemporary Thought. He teaches postgraduate and undergraduate courses in journalism law and digital media. He has worked as a journalist for 10 years in India and the United States.
    Research:  As a Public Policy Scholar with The Hindu Centre, Moro will examine Indian media policy, measured in recent executive actions targeting bloggers, reporters and other speakers.
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  • Rajgopal Saikumar

    Rajgopal Saikumar has an MA in Philosophy (interdisciplinary humanities) from the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities (MCPH), following a degree in BA. LLB from Christ College of Law, Bangalore (2006), during which time he interned in several reputed law firms. His research work later was based on philosophy and social theory. His current work brings together political philosophy and legal research in the study of political resistance to unjust authority.
    Research:  As a Public Policy Scholar at The Hindu Centre, Saikumar will study the philosophy of civil disobedience in Indian legal jurisprudence.
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  • K.V. Thomas

    K.V.Thomas has over 36 years of distinguished service in the Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, and has vast experience in the fields of intelligence, national security, policing, human/civil rights, ethnic conflicts and left-wing extremism. He retired from the Bureau in 2010 and is now actively associated with Community policing schemes in Kerala.
    Research:  As a Public Policy Scholar with The Hindu Centre, K.V. Thomas will study the effect of independent organisations in weaning away marginalised sections of society from the influence of left-wing extremism in Kerala.
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The founding spirit of The Hindu Centre is the firm conviction that the publishers of The Hindu, a major force for public good and which has had a stellar role in building India’s democratic life, can help revive ebbing public confidence in our parliamentary democracy. Public confidence in India’s democratic institutions and political processes are at an all-time low and there is a rising danger of the Indian public becoming alienated from the electoral process, angered by the failure of politicians to deliver on basic expectations.

We see this as a dangerous trend and hence, by launching a credible and independent platform for an exploration of ideas and public policies, hope to contribute to the rebuilding of public faith in India’s democratic process. We see it as our mission to restore pride and faith in the idea of Indian citizenship and nationhood. This is not a statement of sentiment but intent.

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