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China: A paper tiger? [Guest Post]
China has recently heightened its rhetoric against Taiwan and has moved against Hong Kong’s autonomy, while initiating a standoff against...
May 29, 20203 min read


Streaming Platforms v. Cinemas: Winners & Losers in a Pandemic
Written by Aishwarya Ajayan & Ananth Krishna The decision by the producers of seven films, including those of major Bollywood release...
May 25, 20203 min read


Regarding Disaster Relief Fund allotment to Kerala
A brand new controversy has broken out regarding the allocation of disaster relief funds to States in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak....
Apr 4, 20202 min read


Lucifer – Realpolitik in a Superstar film
Lucifer, the Malayalam political action starring Mohanlal, has all the elements of a masala blockbuster (as it became the biggest earning...
Mar 16, 20204 min read


Analysing the 2019 Kerala Lok Sabha results
The 2019 General elections witnessed the incumbent dispensation being re-elected with a larger majority, a first for a non-Congress...
Jun 30, 20195 min read


The level of public discourse in India
It is a by word that gets quoted often, whenever an insolent or uncivil remark is made by a Politician, to say that this is a “new low in...
Mar 30, 20193 min read


A Quick note on Article 26
wrote an article regarding the origins of Article 26 of the Constitution of India. The article is a well written one, and should ideally...
Nov 22, 20183 min read


Bad law and Democracy
A still from the film Gandhi (1982) “There are unjust laws as there are unjust men” ~ from the film Gandhi (1982) Background:This article...
Sep 23, 20184 min read


Reagan and Obama, on the same side.
It’s not a sight that we see often, but the Conservative Icon and the Liberal favorite fall on the same side of one issue:...
Jul 22, 20183 min read


Understanding ‘Shariat Courts’
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board recently announced that they are planning to open a Shariat ‘court’ in every single district in...
Jul 13, 20183 min read


Political murders and media bias
This is an oft-repeated theme, something that has been written about profusely by authors of various shades. It is a theme that is very...
Jun 3, 20182 min read


Black Panther: Tradition v. Reform
I watched “Black Panther” the ‘critically acclaimed’ Marvel movie that was released a few weeks ago. It was quite an average superhero...
Mar 12, 20183 min read


Free markets and Women’s Empowerment
There are those who contend that feminism is incompatible with capitalism. But capitalist states have achieved many ‘feminist’ goals....
Mar 8, 20183 min read


Stronger State Intervention for women won’t work. Here’s why
The creation of a system that allows women the same set of opportunities cannot be achieved by state intervention. Why do I say that?...
Feb 20, 20186 min read


Reforming Labour laws will help the economy
I had earlier written about the absolute necessity to reform the legal system — not only due to the adversity that the litigant faces,...
Jan 30, 20182 min read


Corruption: How can it be countered?
Corruption is a way of life I had written an article arguing that corruption permeates our society because the state permeates every...
Jan 18, 20182 min read
The root of Judicial impasse
The quandary that the Supreme Court as an institution has led itself into is not one that sprang up over the last two weeks or so. It is...
Jan 18, 20186 min read


Corruption: understanding the nuances
The biggest problem that Bharata Ganarajya (The Republic of India) according to many people is the never ending corruption. This is an...
Jan 17, 20183 min read


On Media and Activism (Part II)
This is a continuation of the article that I wrote titled “On Media and Activism“. This article will continue on the same question: “Is...
Nov 16, 20173 min read


Industrialization: an examination of land usage in Kerala
An article examining land usage in Kerala and the question of industrialization. A paddy field in Kozhikode. Paddy production has...
Nov 14, 20174 min read