Presenting the current impasse in the Collegium as one that could ‘cost India its first female CJI’ would be a mistake. Should token gender empowerment trump fairness? The question may not be politically correct, but please read this headline: “Will collegium impasse cost India chance to get woman CJI in 2027?” I am not sure […]
The polarisation caused by traditional bases of political and electoral mobilisation means that new methods are required. The farmers’ protest has transcended these divisions. “First they came for the rationalists (Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi), and I did not speak out – because I was not sure I was a rationalist.Then they came for Dalits (Rohith Vermula, […]