Civil Liberties

Freedom is to Do No Harm

In conversation with Rwitwika Bhattacharya, founder of the Swaniti Initiative.

‘Trade was never esteemed an affair of the state.’

JNU: The Right to Dissent Must be Absolute

The spectacle unfolding in JNU gives us an opportunity to talk about quite a few things — about dissent, sedition and expression.

For those unfamiliar with what’s happening, students in JNU held an event to ‘stand in solidarity…

The Right to be Left Alone

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi was delivering a speech in his recent visit to UAE, he remarked to a packed audience — “Now we have a government in India which is visible everywhere and every minute.”

Let’s Save the World

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. So old school.

The world is full of people and India contributes a large proportion of the population. This population is diverse, people act upon their own…

Too little, too late

While the excitement among the Indian diaspora in the US and LGBTQ* sympathizers in India is not entirely misplaced, it would be farfetched to assume any immediate implications of the US Supreme Court judgment for the rest of the world.

Ban this Article!

Picture this: You are sharing your room with someone who is probably your best friend by the day, but by the night s/he is the most evil person…because your friend snores a lot at night. Here is the solution: BAN. I wear colourful and funky socks which might have some chances of affecting…

Maharashtra Self-financed Schools Act: Harming the Poor in the Name of Public Good

The essence of regulation is the idea that regulations are required to safeguard constituencies a free-market fails to care for. The idea that market or private players when left to…