Religious neutrality has become an accepted behavioural script for the state, but not for society and certainly not for individuals even when they are

The right to free speech and expression also includes the right for people to be exposed to differing points of view. Book purges have been a staple o

Commissions of inquiry set up by the Indian state in three instances – the anti-Sikh riots (1984), the Mumbai riots (1992-93), and, the post-Godhra ri

Rights may be self-evident and constitutionally secured; however, they do not automatically implement themselves.

Citizens’ protests in the last few years signal a consensus among all segments of society that the "rules of the game" of conducting politic

In this essay Vasundhara Sirnate situates the uproar over the arrest of former Indian Deputy Consul General in New York, Devyani Khobragade, in a matr

Accommodative politics, combined with political incentives, helped pave the way for the Mizo National Front to turn into a mainstream political party.

Sexual crimes committed by men tend to be explained away as ‘mistakes’ in India. This defence infantilises the actions of an adult perpetrator after a