Stories written by
Vijay Hiremath
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FIRs over Aurangzeb WhatsApp statuses reflect poorly on the police as hate speech faces no action
Either the police cannot differentiate between free speech and hate speech, or believe that opinions contradicting the ruling establishment must be shut down.
Vijay Hiremath
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Kashmir judgement: Supreme Court threw down a straw but it was hailed as a lifeline
The verdict must be read in the larger context of Kashmir and the court’s response to pleas in other issues related to the revocation of the region’s autonomy.
Vijay Hiremath & Veena Gowda
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#MeToo and defamation: How the criminal justice system is being used to silence women
The system that discouraged women from taking legal action against their harassers is now suppressing them more.
Veena Gowda & Vijay Hiremath
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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First person: How Section 377 was used as a weapon to blackmail gay people in India
Will the Supreme Court’s judgement decriminalising homosexuality curb this problem?
Vijay Hiremath
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German Bakery blast acquittal: The ATS owes us an explanation
Himayat Baig is not the first Muslim man to be picked up in a terror-related case and then acquitted in court, and he probably won't be the last.
Vijay Hiremath