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Submissions from 2024

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Evaluating the Electoral Bonds Judgment: A Welcome Development For Indian Democracy That Leaves Some Questions Unanswered, Rahul Bajaj and Sanjay Jain

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Interpreting the Article 370 Judgment: A Plea for Nuance, Rahul Bajaj and Sanjay Jain

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Scholars in Conversation | Dr. Aditya Balasubramanian with Dr. Kena Wani, Aditya Balasubramanian and Kena Wani

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Speaking the Same Language: How Ethnonationalism and Hindutva Seep into the Adjudication of Citizenship in Assam, Padmini Baruah

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Self-Defence under International Law: Lessons from the Israel-Gaza Conflict, Akhila Basalalli and Ashna Singh

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The Role of a Judge in an Electoral Autocracy, Aparna Chandra

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West Bengal’s Puja Carnival Politics and the Need to Slay All Evil, Debangana Chatterjee

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Women Voters and the Illusion of Choice, Debangana Chatterjee

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Probity for the 3rd Pillar: Why Judges Must Reveal Their Financial Status, Sidharth Chauhan

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Under the Surface: Human Rights and Environmental Implications of the Proposed Sijimali Bauxite Mine in Odisha, Radhika Chitkara

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Where is the Public in the Republic of India?, Salmoli Choudhuri

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Contrary to Yogendra Yadav's Dim View, Indian Political Thought is Alive and Thriving, Salmoli Choudhuri and Moiz Tundawala

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India’s Pride Marches are Important Calls for Justice but Elitist – They Must Be Democratised, Swarupa Deb and Aniket Nandan

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Scholars in Conversation | Prof. Faisal Devji with Dr. Karthick Ram Manoharan, Faisal Devji and Karthick Ram Manoharan

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WhatsApp History is a Hydra But Don’t Blame Indian Academics, Samyak Ghosh

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Can LLM Chatbots Provide Effective Legal Advice? An Analysis of Current Capabilities and Limitations, Rahul Hemrajani

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In New Readings, There is Hope for Persons with Disabilities, Sanjay Jain

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United Nations: Will it Take the Road ‘Less Traveled’ in International Taxation?, Ashrita Prasad Kotha

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Bill for Gig Workers Misses the Mark, Ashrita Prasad Kotha and Madhulika T

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Govt Publications Must Give Credit Where Due, Aparajita Lath

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Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times – review, Atreyee Majumder

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On Interior Landscapes: Thinking with Ilyas, the Imam, and Stefania Pandolfo, Atreyee Majumder

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How Anti-Hindi Protests of the 1960s Created India’s Most Successful Regional Political Movement, Karthick Ram Manoharan

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How Dravidian Politics Offers a Bulwark Against the Exclusionary Politics of Hindutva, Karthick Ram Manoharan

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India Needs to Value Academic Freedom, Research in Humanities to Emerge as Power Centre, Karthick Ram Manoharan

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Karnataka Government Must Revisit Gig Workers Bill, Make It More Inclusive, Babu Mathew, Saurabh Bhattacharjee, and Madhulika T

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Transgressing Gender with Religious Sanction: The Case of the Jogappas, Aniket Nandan and Swarupa Deb

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Learnings from the new Bazball, Nigam Nuggehalli

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Moral Tragedies and the Israel-Palestine Conflict, Nigam Nuggehalli

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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: Decolonising or Reinforcing Colonial Ideas?, Anushka Pandey, Preeti Pratishruti Dash, and Mrinal Satish

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From Bulldozer ‘Justice’ to Migrants Walking Home: Political Organising has Ignored Housing Rights, Sushmita Pati

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Why More Strict Compliance Is Not Enough to Avoid Tragedies Like Rajkot and Delhi Fires, Sushmita Pati

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Kaathal Kandirangunnavarude Kannerum Queer Raashtreeyavum [Tears of ‘Kaathal’ Viewers and Queer Politics], Sudheesh R.C

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Mapping Land Ownership as Part of the Caste Census Could Uncover Key Patterns about Power, Resources, Sudheesh RC

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Will Digitalisation of Work Worsen Caste Inequalities in India?, Sudipa Sarkar, Richard Dickens, and Wil Hunt

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The Ilaiyaraaja Copyright Dispute Points to Issues Lyricists, Music Composers Face in India, Arul George Scaria

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What the Internet Archive Case in the U.S. Means for Digital Book-lending, Arul George Scaria

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Manusmriti, the Indian Courts, and Their Women, Ashna Singh

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Fear of Love and Loving in India, Sarasu Esther Thomas

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Uttarakhand UCC Pits Vulnerable Young Couples Against the Might of the State, Sarasu Esther Thomas

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Only a Politics of Love Can Counter a Culture of Hate, Moiz Tundawala and Salmoli Choudhuri

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Women’s Time Use between Paid and Unpaid Work in India, R. Vijayamba

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The Revival of Buddhism, Chandrabhan P. Yadav

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Fifty Years of Lucy, the Marvellous Ancestor, Chandrabhan P. Yadav and Surbhi Vatsa

Submissions from 2023

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Same-sex marriage judgment asks queer citizens to wait for true equality at a future time that may never arrive, Kunal Ambasta

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The Bharatiya Sakshya Bill, 2023: A New and Unimproved Evidence Act, Kunal Ambasta

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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

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Marriage Equality Judgment: The Missing Case of International Covenants, Nanditta Batra and Naveen Batra

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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

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The Duality of Deaths in the Sea, Debangana Chatterjee

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The Roots of Blood, Debangana Chatterjee

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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

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Rule of Law – A Basic and Eternal Principle, Arvind Datar and Sanjay Jain

Litigation is more than courtroom victories, Prerna Dhoop

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Another Hole in India’s Data Tapestry, Prerna Dhoop and Vandana Dhoop

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Dharma’s Social Messaging, Prerna Dhoop and Vandana Dhoop

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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

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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

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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

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Mari Selvaraj, ‘Maamannan’, and the Cinema of Caste in Tamil Nadu, Karthick Ram Manoharan

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Periyar’s Political Atheism, Karthick Ram Manoharan

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Samadharma: Periyar’s Idea for India, Karthick Ram Manoharan

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Community Bonding, and How it Has Changed in the Past 50 Years, Nigam Nuggehalli

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A New Language for Housing Justice?, Sushmita Pati

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Author Exchange, Sushmita Pati and Mukulika Banerjee

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Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill: Implications of Proposed Changes to the Indian Penal Code, Mrinal Satish, Preeti Pratishruti Dash, and Anushka Pandey

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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

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There May Be a Silver Lining in the Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Judgement, Aishwarya Singh and Meenakshi Ramkumar

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‘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

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Single Parents: Does the Law Discriminate?, Sarasu Esther Thomas

The Political Necessity of the Licence-Permit Raj, Rashmi Venkatesan

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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

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Why India’s Landmark Abortion Ruling Could Echo around the World, Gauri Pillai Pillai and Shreya Shree