Though the justice system in India is premised upon principles of reformative justice, capital punishment or death penalty is still prevalent in the Indian Penal Code. It is interesting however to note that the use of such punishment is rather restricted as a last resort when all other avenues of justice are closed. According to […]
How India is faring on unity in diversity in the wake of recent communal unrest?
While diving into the subject of communal unrest we must delve into all the fundamental reasons behind such a sectarian conflict that has been in existence since the independence of the Indian state in the year 1947. The answer is quite evident, the colonial legacies of ‘divide and rule’ the colonising imperials throughout the 200 […]
The Wire controversy: Impact of internet gatekeeping on freedom of speech
The Wire controversy ….. In early October, the India-based news reporting site The Wire and Social Metaverse company Meta was involved in an internet battle that grabbed serious media headlines. It all started with stories that the Wire put up against Meta, alleging the latter of giving the IT head of the ruling Bharatiya Janta […]
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Independent Thought vs. Union of India : Exploring the intricacies of marital rape laws in India [Case Comment]
Introduction On October 11, 2017, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India issued a landmark judgment in criminalizing sexual intercourse with child brides above 15 years and recognizing their right to bodily integrity irrespective of marital status. As Hon’ble Madan Lokur, J., expressed in Shakespeare’s eternal view that ‘a rose by any other name would […]
Gender pronouns and personal choice: Exploring the unexplored
Gender is indeed one of our complex volatile identities that we construct through our social interactions. Gone are the days when the concept of ‘gender’ was perceived to biological binaries of ‘men and women’. The society has indeed evolved from such Parsonian views towards a more complex ethnomethodological understanding of gender as a constructed social […]
Meditation and The Flow of Life: Simple Ways To Improve Mental Health
Life has its own rhythm. A flow of its own. When we train the mind through meditation, we are committing to listening to that rhythm, to be an active participant in the unfolding of time. This is how we start taking baby steps towards improving our mental health. But for most of us, as we […]
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny?
Sexism, closeted or otherwise, has an unfortunate but almost inevitable presence in Indian Family Whatsapp Groups. Growing up in a middle-class family, I was added to my family WhatsApp group when I was 17. The always ongoing conversations never fascinated me, and the usual birthday messages were always dreaded. I naturally muted the text notifications […]
Indian cinema and its jaw-dropping affinity to male chauvinism
This post is written by Ishita Goyal, a student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. Her research interests include sstudy of social behavior and law. To quote the words of D. Bhoopaty, “cinema is widely considered a microcosm of the social, political, economic, and cultural life of a nation”. It is true that the impact of the […]
Trolling culture and its astonishing sexist traits
This post is written by Ritabrata Roy who is a Doctoral Tutor at University of Sussex, Law School. Women with a public platform get more shit than their male counterparts. And now what’s long been known through anecdote and, in some cases, unpleasant direct experience has some numbers behind it. In a study of the […]
Perception and Mindfulness: Wheels of The Same Chariot
About the Author: This blog is written by Siddharth Mathur, Designated Partner at Lex Protector LLP. Siddharth is a intellectual property rights practitioner and a prolific blogger who writes on issues of mental health, mindfulness, art and culture. Henry David Thoreau, an American philosopher and poet once said “It’s not what you look at that […]
