India, Bangladesh, and Illegal Migration: Finding a Balanced Recipe for Security and Humanitarian Responsibilities

 “Good Fences make Great Neighbors.” In the geopolitical context, neighborhood plays a significant role in providing “Development” a holistic meaning. The partition of the Indian Subcontinent in 1947 saw the emergence of Pakistan as a new Islamic Republic. However, linguistic differences, superiority complex of the Leaders of Pakistan over their Eastern Bloc saw the liberation […]

Legislative Silence: Confronting the Barriers to a Law on Honour Crimes in India

Introduction The so- called honour crimes, deeply entrenched in India’s socio-cultural fabric, represent a brutal intersection of caste hierarchies, patriarchal norms, and societal control over individual autonomy. These crimes, which include acts like murder, assault, and harassment, are often carried out to protect family “honour” in response to perceived transgressions such as inter-caste or intra-gotra […]

Lost Innocence in the Urban Slums: Analysis of Increasing Juvenile Crimes in Delhi!

Introduction Slums, the silhouette of urbanisation have not been a part of mainstream discourses since its conceptual inception. Over the years, the “socio-political thought leaders” have divided urbanism and urbanisation into two distinct baskets. Urbanisation, on the one end is the movement of people from rural to urban settlements and the expansion of the urban […]