The Indian Express
Cries of 'Hindu majoritarianism' ignore the fact that expression of Hindu will is based on civilisational nexus between Hindu worldview and this geography. Constitutional morality cannot display selective historical amnesia…
Continue reading ‘Majoritarianism’ is used to gaslight Hindus
The Indian Express
Left must now compete in the marketplace of ideas. The ideological Old Guard must wake up and smell the coffee — its days of monopoly over thought are up…
Continue reading Keep Left no more: After 2014, a change in the state’s default setting
News18.com
It is possible for someone to politically disagree with the BJP and still take the position that Hindus have been treated as second-class citizens right from the inception of the Indian republic…
Continue reading Why It is Wrong to Equate Legitimate Hindu Concerns With a Political Party’s Agenda
The Daily Guardian
In my last piece, I had continued with my discussion on Section 124A of the IPC with reference to Constituent Assembly Debates…
The Daily Guardian
In this piece, continuing with my discussion on sedition from the last three pieces, I will examine the Constituent Assembly debates on sedition…
Continue reading Constituent Assembly debates on sedition: Part 1
The Daily Guardian
It is sometimes claimed in popular discourse that the Constituent Assembly was dead set against the inclusion of sedition as a restriction on free speech and expression…
Continue reading The Indian position on the issue of sedition
The Daily Guardian
In my last piece, I had started a discussion on Section 124A of the IPC which deals with sedition…
The Daily Guardian
The law of sedition, specifically Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), has been the subject of intense debate over the last few years…
Continue reading The colonial origins and constitutionality of ‘sedition’
The Daily Guardian
For all practical purposes, it was a tussle between two ways of life and worldviews whose loci of origin and fealty were different and whose pathology and end goals couldn’t have been more different…
The Daily Guardian
Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code 1860 is commonly known as the “Blasphemy” provision. Its origin story, while dark, is extremely interesting from a civilizational perspective…
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