Submissions from 2024
Evaluating the Electoral Bonds Judgment: A Welcome Development For Indian Democracy That Leaves Some Questions Unanswered, Rahul Bajaj and Sanjay Jain
Interpreting the Article 370 Judgment: A Plea for Nuance, Rahul Bajaj and Sanjay Jain
Scholars in Conversation | Dr. Aditya Balasubramanian with Dr. Kena Wani, Aditya Balasubramanian and Kena Wani
Speaking the Same Language: How Ethnonationalism and Hindutva Seep into the Adjudication of Citizenship in Assam, Padmini Baruah
Self-Defence under International Law: Lessons from the Israel-Gaza Conflict, Akhila Basalalli and Ashna Singh
The Role of a Judge in an Electoral Autocracy, Aparna Chandra
West Bengal’s Puja Carnival Politics and the Need to Slay All Evil, Debangana Chatterjee
Women Voters and the Illusion of Choice, Debangana Chatterjee
Probity for the 3rd Pillar: Why Judges Must Reveal Their Financial Status, Sidharth Chauhan
Under the Surface: Human Rights and Environmental Implications of the Proposed Sijimali Bauxite Mine in Odisha, Radhika Chitkara
Where is the Public in the Republic of India?, Salmoli Choudhuri
Contrary to Yogendra Yadav's Dim View, Indian Political Thought is Alive and Thriving, Salmoli Choudhuri and Moiz Tundawala
Scholars in Conversation | Prof. Faisal Devji with Dr. Karthick Ram Manoharan, Faisal Devji and Karthick Ram Manoharan
WhatsApp History is a Hydra But Don’t Blame Indian Academics, Samyak Ghosh
Can LLM Chatbots Provide Effective Legal Advice? An Analysis of Current Capabilities and Limitations, Rahul Hemrajani
United Nations: Will it Take the Road ‘Less Traveled’ in International Taxation?, Ashrita Prasad Kotha
Bill for Gig Workers Misses the Mark, Ashrita Prasad Kotha and Madhulika T
Govt Publications Must Give Credit Where Due, Aparajita Lath
Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times – review, Atreyee Majumder
On Interior Landscapes: Thinking with Ilyas, the Imam, and Stefania Pandolfo, Atreyee Majumder
How Anti-Hindi Protests of the 1960s Created India’s Most Successful Regional Political Movement, Karthick Ram Manoharan
How Dravidian Politics Offers a Bulwark Against the Exclusionary Politics of Hindutva, Karthick Ram Manoharan
India Needs to Value Academic Freedom, Research in Humanities to Emerge as Power Centre, Karthick Ram Manoharan
Karnataka Government Must Revisit Gig Workers Bill, Make It More Inclusive, Babu Mathew, Saurabh Bhattacharjee, and Madhulika T
Transgressing Gender with Religious Sanction: The Case of the Jogappas, Aniket Nandan and Swarupa Deb
Learnings from the new Bazball, Nigam Nuggehalli
Moral Tragedies and the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Nigam Nuggehalli
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: Decolonising or Reinforcing Colonial Ideas?, Anushka Pandey, Preeti Pratishruti Dash, and Mrinal Satish
From Bulldozer ‘Justice’ to Migrants Walking Home: Political Organising has Ignored Housing Rights, Sushmita Pati
Why More Strict Compliance Is Not Enough to Avoid Tragedies Like Rajkot and Delhi Fires, Sushmita Pati
Kaathal Kandirangunnavarude Kannerum Queer Raashtreeyavum [Tears of ‘Kaathal’ Viewers and Queer Politics], Sudheesh R.C
Mapping Land Ownership as Part of the Caste Census Could Uncover Key Patterns about Power, Resources, Sudheesh RC
Will Digitalisation of Work Worsen Caste Inequalities in India?, Sudipa Sarkar, Richard Dickens, and Wil Hunt
The Ilaiyaraaja Copyright Dispute Points to Issues Lyricists, Music Composers Face in India, Arul George Scaria
What the Internet Archive Case in the U.S. Means for Digital Book-lending, Arul George Scaria
Manusmriti, the Indian Courts, and Their Women, Ashna Singh
Fear of Love and Loving in India, Sarasu Esther Thomas
Uttarakhand UCC Pits Vulnerable Young Couples Against the Might of the State, Sarasu Esther Thomas
Only a Politics of Love Can Counter a Culture of Hate, Moiz Tundawala and Salmoli Choudhuri
Women’s Time Use between Paid and Unpaid Work in India, R. Vijayamba
The Revival of Buddhism, Chandrabhan P. Yadav
Fifty Years of Lucy, the Marvellous Ancestor, Chandrabhan P. Yadav and Surbhi Vatsa
Submissions from 2023
Same-sex marriage judgment asks queer citizens to wait for true equality at a future time that may never arrive, Kunal Ambasta
The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023: A New and Unimproved Evidence Act, Kunal Ambasta
Universalism and Belonging in the Logic of Blackness, Manhar Bansal and Atreyee Majumder
Reading Black as Orange: Supreme Court of India on Section 173(4) of CrPC, Nanditta Batra
Marriage Equality Judgment: The Missing Case of International Covenants, Nanditta Batra and Naveen Batra
Face of Terror in Gaza: Hamas’ Birth, Evolution and a Nuanced Rethink, Debangana Chatterjee
Not Western, Not Urban: For Queer People in India, Love Is More Than Just Love, Debangana Chatterjee
The Duality of Deaths in the Sea, Debangana Chatterjee
The Roots of Blood, Debangana Chatterjee
Does Today's India Need 'Decolonisation' Speak?, Salmoli Choudhuri and Moiz Tundawala
A Court recall that impacts the rights of the accused, Preeti Pratishruti Das
Rule of Law – A Basic and Eternal Principle, Arvind Datar and Sanjay Jain
Litigation is more than courtroom victories, Prerna Dhoop
Another Hole in India’s Data Tapestry, Prerna Dhoop and Vandana Dhoop
Dharma’s Social Messaging, Prerna Dhoop and Vandana Dhoop
Mahua Moitra’s Plight Is Testament to the Kismet of Women Politicians in India, Prerna Dhoop and Vandana Dhoop
Marriage Matters for Same-Sex Couples, Prerna Dhoop and Vandana Dhoop
Doing Urban History in the Global South, Anwesha Ghosh
Disability and caste bias: A shared struggle, Sanjay Jain
Why the elevation of disabled advocate Moxa Kiran Thakker is important, Sanjay Jain and Rahul Bajaj
Supreme Court on the Political Upheaval in Maharashtra, Sanjay Jain and Malika Jain
Decolonization and the Indian University, Atreyee Majumder
Of Speech and Song in the Shadow of Krishna, Atreyee Majumder
The History of India Is Complex and Complicated. It Cannot Be Neatly Sanitised, Atreyee Majumder
British Colonialism and Imperialism, Atreyee Majumder and Sandeep Banerjee
Our Own Universals: Notes from a Reading Group in the Postcolony, Atreyee Majumder and Manhar Bansal
Who's Afraid of Universals?, Atreyee Majumder and Manhar Bansal
Mari Selvaraj, ‘Maamannan’, and the Cinema of Caste in Tamil Nadu, Karthick Ram Manoharan
Periyar’s Political Atheism, Karthick Ram Manoharan
Samadharma: Periyar’s Idea for India, Karthick Ram Manoharan
Community Bonding, and How it Has Changed in the Past 50 Years, Nigam Nuggehalli
A New Language for Housing Justice?, Sushmita Pati
Author Exchange, Sushmita Pati and Mukulika Banerjee
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill: Implications of Proposed Changes to the Indian Penal Code, Mrinal Satish, Preeti Pratishruti Dash, and Anushka Pandey
AI and the Issue of Human-centricity in Copyright Law, Arul George Scaria
Need for an ethical framework on usage of generative AI in the legal realm, Arul George Scaria and Vidya Subramanian
The Life and Death of the Rs 2,000 Note, Sukhalata Sen
The Life and Death of the Rs 2,000 Note, Sukhalata Sen
There May Be a Silver Lining in the Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Judgement, Aishwarya Singh and Meenakshi Ramkumar
‘Dr BR Ambedkar: Now & Then’ Uses Bahujan Lens to Highlight Stories of Resistance, Ashna Singh
Start-ups vs Google: Action can be taken only as per law: Rahul Singh, Rahul Singh
Single Parents: Does the Law Discriminate?, Sarasu Esther Thomas
The Political Necessity of the Licence-Permit Raj, Rashmi Venkatesan
Bharatiya Sakshya Bill: Implications of Proposed Changes to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Pranav Verma and Anupama Sharma
Submissions from 2022
How Did West Bengal Perform in the 'Firecracker Ban Test' amid COVID-19?, Prerna Dhoop and Vandana Dhoop
Love's Verse: Craving Krishna in Modern Times, Atreyee Majumder
On Decolonization: Scattered Speculations on the Indian University, Atreyee Majumder
On Fantasy or Our Mundane Powers of Enchantment, Atreyee Majumder
On Matter, Manner, Method: Notes on Oishik Sircar's Violent Modernities, Atreyee Majumder
A Storm of Songs, Atreyee Majumder and J S. Hawley
The Big Book Project, Atreyee Majumder and Bhavin Patel
Sudras and the Nation: Periyarist Explorations, Karthick Ram Manoharan
Two Courts, Two Conclusions: Abortion Law in India, Gauri Pillai
Interviewed for ConCast (Episode 4), Gauri Pillai and Atrey
Interviewed for Law and Other Things podcast, Gauri Pillai and S Atrey
Why India’s Landmark Abortion Ruling Could Echo around the World, Gauri Pillai Pillai and Shreya Shree
Climate Resilient Cities In India – Assessing The Climate Smart Cities Action Framework, Madhubanti Sadhya and Samvedh Bagavadeeswar
What Does International Human Rights Law Say About the Hijab Ban?, Rashmi Venkatesan