law

Rape under trial

What rape trials demonstrate about the failures of Indian law enforcement and criminal justice.

| Nov 04, 2020

Pandemic or poison?

How epidemics shaped Southasia's legal history.

| Apr 20, 2020

The Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid imbroglio

Dispute, legal journey and the Supreme Court judgement.

| Nov 25, 2019

Who owns India’s media?

We need more studies on media ownership in Southasia.

| Jun 06, 2019

Democracy being off-roaded?

Bangladesh government cracks down on peaceful protests.

| Aug 23, 2018

The case against anti-terrorism laws

How Sri Lanka’s counterterrorism bill undermines fair application of the law.

| Jul 23, 2018

Maruti strikes

Jailed Maruti Suzuki workers continue to fight for bail.

| Mar 27, 2015

Criminal intent

Irom Sharmila continues to be persecuted under India’s draconian ‘suicide’ law.

| Mar 06, 2015

Judging the judiciary

India’s Supreme Court in the age of neoliberalism.

| Jan 21, 2015

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In Mizoram, a refugee crisis highlights Mizo tribal affinities and hostility

Shared Zo identity has Mizos extending hospitality to Chin and Kuki-Chin refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh. More remarkable is that Chakmas, mistreated by the Mizo majority in Mizoram, have welcomed Kuki-Chin refugees too

In ‘Agra’, a grim portrait of the repressed Indian man

Director Kanu Behl’s Hindi feature film examines the sexual obsession and frustration of men, mental health and the transactional nature of human relationships in a patriarchal society where space is in short supply

When neoliberalism came to the Indian farm

With a focus on agricultural policy since the 1990s, 'Distress in the Fields' demonstrates how neoliberal interventions sowed the seeds of the crisis faced by farmers today