Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsCriminal defamation — Bane of free pressThe unity forged by Sri Lankan media to get criminal defamation repealed by its Parliament has a lot of lessons in store for the Indian…Nov 26, 2020Nov 26, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsDisembarking formal religious identity in IndiaWhile waiting for my interview to take place for a well-known magazine, I was quite confounded when they asked me to fill a long form…Nov 13, 2020Nov 13, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsRight to Reject elected representatives in India: Move over NOTAIn the long fight for electoral reforms in India, when the debate had been for the ‘Right to Reject’ a candidate to be a part of our…Nov 13, 2020Nov 13, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsSports and not-so-much Freedom of SpeechIf sports is there, can politics be far behind? This is probably the most vague analogy I could draw from English poet PB Shelley’s quote…Nov 13, 2020Nov 13, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsPaternity leave: Let’s bring men to the swaddleBreaking down barriers in family is essential for gender equality. After increasing maternity benefits, India must learn from other…Nov 13, 2020Nov 13, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsDecoding masculine gaze at women’s sportsDisparaging women’s sports by comparing it with men’s or by focusing more on their body and clothes, rather than performance, should be…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsHate speech: Psychological bandwagon of social mediaWe are living in the world of hate. Social media has made it even more evident. From the real to the virtual world, humanity has started…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsCreeping paranoia of Islamophobia in West22 percent of Americans don’t want a Muslim neighbor; 31 percent feel fidgety if they see a Muslim man on their flight, and 18 percent if…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsIncreasing Islamophobia in India: Time to actFigure some news reports in the past few years: Muslims assaulted on a train and mocked over their skull caps and scarves; students being…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
Rohan KathpaliainReflexive TidingsAhead of India’s reservation is South Africa’s transformationSouth Africa’s reservation policy or transformation, as it’s called there, has been the most innovative. It has gone ahead of quotas in…Nov 12, 2020Nov 12, 2020
