First posted at http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/restrictions-on-women-at-sabarimala-it-is-complicated/article19887180.ece on October 20, 2017 Taking the Sabarimala temple to court for restricting the entry of women of a certain age group is akin to…
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First posted at https://thewire.in/196275/odd-even-scheme-big-step-making-citizens-active-partners-combating-air-pollution/ on November 11, 2017 Updated on November 14, 2017. Given the chronic lack of political will, only citizens can eventually force changes in…
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Clutching at Kanhaiya: A Straw Man Turned Hero
First Published in The Indian Express on March 22, 2016 (See Link: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/clutching-at-kanhaiya/) Lord Krishna, also lovingly known as Kanhaiya, had assured his devotees in Bhagwad Gita that whenever…
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An edited version of this article was published on July 2, 2016 in wire.in (http://thewire.in/48087/why-i-believe-salman-khan-doesnt-owe-anybody-an-apology/). This is the full version of the same article. One can understand…
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First published in www.dnaindia.com, 21st October 2016, see link (http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-the-nonsensical-left-right-binery-2265967) It is extremely puzzling why many of those who rejected the politics of the Left have so readily…
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First published in The Indian Express under the title Death by Breath: And malice towards the non-polluter, April 21, 2015, Even before the National Green Tribunal’s knee jerk crack on polluting…
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First published in two parts in swarajyamag.com on June 6-7, 2015: http://swarajyamag.com/politics/namo-as-cm-vs-namo-as-pm/, http://swarajyamag.com/politics/aspiration-to-impatience It is not easy to undertake an objective evaluation of one year of Narendra Modi…
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Ban or not to Ban : Beyond Copy Cat Responses to Pornography
First published at http://swarajyamag.com/ on September 12, 2015: http://swarajyamag.com/magazine/to-ban-or-not-to-ban/ The ongoing controversy over whether to ban pornography as a social menace or treat it as a matter of…
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Published in Dainik Bhaskar, March 2013 Despite its colonial bias, the Indian Penal Code enacted in 1861 by the British who ruled us then, is still serving…
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