HC GazetteJan 86 minSpeeches & Silences: What Our Cultural Institutions Speak For and Remain Silent Over TodayGuest Opinion “It did initially feel like a little bit of a hollow statement to make, given the limited nature of our contracting with po...
HC GazetteJan 88 minA Case for Affirmative Action in the World of MeritocracyGuest Opinion Coined in 1958 by the sociologist Micheal Young in his book The Rise of the Meritocracy—describing a dystopian society in w...
HC GazetteJan 85 minIndia's Sarvoch NyayalayaGuest Opinion The Supreme Court of India has come to occupy the spotlight in public discourse and consciousness. There is added scrutiny ...
HC GazetteDec 25, 20204 minAssessing Ambedkar’s Controversial Manusmriti Dahan Burning of Manusmriti on 25th December 1927 by Babasaheb Ambedkar inspired a new style of defiance of the Manusmriti. The Manusmriti, lit...
HC GazetteDec 25, 20205 minIndia-Vietnam Relations: A Geopolitical Analysis In geopolitics, the closer your ally is to your common adversary, the better it is. The same goes for Vietnam and India. Vietnam is at a ...
HC GazetteDec 12, 20208 minFreedom of Speech & Expression: The Golden Fruit in the Tree of DemocracyGuest Opinion It is two factors which makes democracy desirable even in its worst of times, something every citizen of a democratic setup...
HC GazetteDec 11, 20208 minRecounting Palkhivala’s Missed Opportunities on his Death AnniversaryGuest Opinion Hindustan Times I write this piece in memory of Nani Palkhivala, a courtroom genius, on his death anniversary. His substant...
HC GazetteDec 11, 20206 minPutting into Perspective: USA's 'Kungflu' MasteryGuest Opinion Mike McQuade for The Atlantic It was not very long ago that I read about American hegemony in my Class 12th Political Scien...
HC GazetteDec 10, 20209 minHistory of Kalidasa’s Works: Through a Marxist LensThe ancient period of the Indian subcontinent was marked with the writing of rich Sanskrit literature which provides us with an in-depth ...
HC GazetteDec 7, 20205 minRegulating OTT Platforms – One Step Forward, and Two Steps BackGuest Opinion Amidst a pandemic where enterprises are struggling to stay afloat, the business of various online streaming platforms is bo...
HC GazetteDec 6, 20204 minPeriyar E. V. Ramasamy: The Exigency to Revive the Revolutionary Legacy of South Asia's Socrates "If a larger country oppresses a smaller country, I'll stand with the smaller country. If the smaller country has majoritarian religion t...
HC GazetteDec 5, 20207 minThe Romans are Worried: Rise of China & Future of the WestSince the times of the Romans, Spaniards, Portuguese, the French, the British, the Germans, the Russians, and now the Americans - the Wes...
HC GazetteDec 2, 20204 minThe Price of Positioning Priorities: Recreating Demand for ‘Real Issues’ in PoliticsGuest Opinion As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) narrowly scraped through in what has been one of the most closely contested elect...
HC GazetteNov 29, 20204 minIndia’s Tryst with Panchayat ElectionsA gram panchayat meeting in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh A fervour of anxiety and enthusiasm all around, makin...
HC GazetteNov 28, 20208 minSwift Bail and the Stiff BiasRepublic TV anchor Arnab Goswami on his release from jail on November 11. | PTI Judiciary is considered as the last institution of hope a...
HC GazetteNov 21, 20205 minHijab: Meanings, Disputes & Perspectives Singapore: When Sarah arrives at the clinic, she removes her veil. “They told me that I can't work here if I wear the Tudung (local Malay...
HC GazetteNov 21, 20206 minCorporate Hijacking & Co-Optation and of Social MovementsThe world has experienced a sharp rise in social movements in the past few decades. We have seen numerous instances of mass-mobilisation ...
HC GazetteNov 19, 20207 minDivergent Destinies of Two Nations: Analyzing Democracy in India and PakistanGuest Opinion The conference in New Delhi where Lord Mountbatten (centre) disclosed Britain’s partition plan for India to Nehru and Jinna...
HC GazetteNov 4, 20205 minBetween the Lines: Presidency and PolityGuest Opinion As Indians, we tend to forget too easily that we wish to forget and relatedly, see the highest constitutional post as a mer...
HC GazetteNov 2, 20205 minA Tale of Two StreetsGuest Opinion As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc, only a handful of countries managed to get out of it unscathed. With ...