The judgment of the Supreme Court in Shyam Narayan Chouksey vs. UOI (Writ Petition(s) (Civil) No(s). 855/2016) lays down several directions regarding behavioral conduct around the national Anthem. The direction that has caught maximum attention is that “all cinema halls shall play the National...

Being a lawyer, that too a practitioner in common law, the first inclination is to delve into the subject citing the constitutional provisions and court rulings. That approach is often confusing when it comes to dealing with emotive issues, and hence...

In this post, I am going to discuss how a certain brand of nationalism which I would call perverted nationalism is used to corrupt understandings of terrorism and insurgency in our legal system, which ultimately leads to a gross violation...