A review of Anushka Singh's book 'Sedition in Liberal Democracies' (OUP, 2018).
Published in Socio-Legal Review 15(1).
In this paper I examine in detail the background of two important free speech cases from 1950, one brought on behalf of the Communist-leaning magazine, CrossRoads, and the other by the RSS organ, 'Organiser'. I relate these to a lost tradition in Indian liberalism, which made space for ideological opponents to ally on matters of constitutional rights.
Published in 'Human Rights in India', edited by Satvinder Juss (Routledge, 2019).
On the basis of the written test held on 13 Feb 2019, the following candidates have been shortlisted for the interview. The interview would be held at 4.30PM on 13 Feb 2019 in the office of the Head of the Department, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 5th Floor, Main Building, IIT Delhi.
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A review of Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India by Abhinav Chandrachud
This article discusses the transformation of caste in the Indian context. The article starts with a discussion of the Indological and anthropological accounts of caste and then examines whether “caste” is essentially unique to Hinduism. Furthermore, the article discusses the possibility of mobility within the ritual hierarchy of caste.
The business of matchmaking, performed in open market matrimonial negotiations, has not just helped brides and grooms find their ‘perfect match’, ‘soulmate’, ‘right person’, ‘life partner’, ‘true happiness’, and so on, they have also helped strengthen the ‘community’ through what Dumont called ‘endo-recruiting’. The modernity of matrimonials has reinvented the traditional marriage system, combined the best of both love and arranged marriage, and provided ‘individual’ as well as ‘social’ compatibility to candidates and their families.
