Kimberle W. Crenshaw is a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism, and the law.[i] She is a professor at Columbia Law School, along with being a Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles, and specializes and gender rights and social […]
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 […]
Global Constitutionalism : Some critical remarks
About the author …. Jaakko Husa is a Professor of Comparative Law and Constitutional Law at the University of Lapland (Finland). He was a visiting professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, in the fall semester 2016–2017. This article is based on a lecture delivered by Professor Husa at the invitation of […]
What has become of Sri Lanka and Why?
Religious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermathReligious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermath-This post is written by Sanchari Bhattacharjee and edited by Bilal Khan. The author and editor are students of Christ University, Bengaluru. Sri Lanka- The island nation known for its tourism and tea is experiencing one of the worst economic and […]
Drone laws: Recent updates and privacy concerns
This post is written by Adv. Gurpreet Das. Gurpreet’s research interests are commercial laws, privacy, technology and drone laws. The technological development and its use in our daily life have made the human life simpler. In every field, it is difficult for us to achieve the goal without the use of technology. The technologies […]
Religious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermath
This post is written by Priya Goel, a student of Lady Shriram College for Women in New Delhi. In a country like India, where the term ‘secular’ is enshrined in the constitution but the real daily life practices of the religious sects of the country speak otherwise, it is gullible to interpret the reasons […]
Ask “Why?” : A case for ethnic minorities
This post is written by Dr. Allswell Eno is the founder of The Black of Respect Campaign. We see, hear and read it all the time, don’t we, especially in the American media – “black woman”, “black female”, ” black man”, “black male”, “black boy”, “black girl”, “white woman”, “white man”, “white female”, “white […]
Agnipath Protests: The Erasure of Dissent
This post is written by Bilal Khan, a student of English Honours at Christ University, Bengaluru. Bilal’s research interests include English and Cultural Studies. In one of our latest blogs, we discussed the ins and outs of the new Army Recruitment process, the Agnipath Scheme. Understandably, whoever is “reading” about the scheme is a person […]
All you need to know about Agnipath Scheme 2022
This post is written by Sanchari Bhattacharjee, student of Christ University, Bangalore The Agnipath scheme launched by the Ministry of Defence has taken the country by storm. With media houses reporting a multitude of news about the scheme, somewhere along the lines the public has lost the understanding of the scheme. This article aims […]
