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Jallikattu and the Art of Legal Dodging

In mid-January, Tamil Nadu was witness to a popular youth protest against the Supreme Court’s ban on holding Jallikattu—an annual rural sport in which

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Mapping and its Discontents: The Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016

The new Geospatial Information Regulation Bill proposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs attempts to regulate the flow of digital and cartographic info

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Convictions should be based on fair procedure, not collective conscience: Aarushi Case Lawyer

How effectively does the criminal justice system in India work? Vasundhara Sirnate and Saptarshi Bhattacharya gleaned an insight into In

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No Consistency in Delhi’s Approach to Kashmir: A.S. Dulat

Kashmir remains India’s unsolved puzzle even after six decades. Its history has thrown up strange paradoxes and challenges for policy makers in New De

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JNU Arrest: Not Just a Crackdown, It's a War on Democracy

Is the current tension between the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and the Indian government unique? In this article, Vasundhara

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Can an Accord End an Insurgency?

Will the new framework agreement between the Indian government and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) in Nagaland bring lasting p

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Students, Saffron and the State – Resistance at IIT Madras

Political movements involving students have raised ciritical issues at crucial moments of a country's history. The student protests in June 2015 at th

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When marriage is less than sacred

By appropriating female consent in sexual matters, misogyny denies women the right to stand up to sexual abuse from violent husbands.