Nithya Nagarathinam

Nithya Nagarathinam, a former Public Policy Scholar with The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy, studied the manner in which rape reporting can be improved in India. She is also a Research Associate at the Association for Democratic Reforms, New Delhi.

Enabling Reporting of Rape in India: An Exploratory Study

This Report is an exploratory work seeking to answer the question ‘What enables reporting of rape in India?’ Under-reporting of rape is often ...

Chennai, 02/02/2015: For City: A general view shows Madras High court dome in Chennai. Photo: B. Jothi Ramalingam

Rape, Compromise, and the Problematic Idea of Consent

Why do rape victims turn hostile witnesses in court or settle for mediation with the perpetrators? Nithya Nagarathinam suggests that mediation is far ...

New Delhi, August 5, 2013::Parliament house during the opening day of monsoon session in New Delhi on Monday, August 5, 2013. photo Rajeev Bhatt

Criminalisation of Politics

An analysis of candidate data compiled by the Association for Democratic Reform shows the degree to which criminalisation has entered Indian politics: ...