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Gautam Bhatia
Gautam Bhatia is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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‘The Horizon’: The science fiction sequel to ‘The Wall’ answers questions of revolution and freedom
An excerpt from ‘The Horizon’, the second book of the Chronicles Of Sumer series, by Gautam Bhatia.
Gautam Bhatia
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Safoora Zargar and Disha Ravi: Similar cases, vastly different verdicts
The state case in each case was remarkably similar but the verdicts reflect two starkly opposed judicial approaches to the question of personal liberty.
Gautam Bhatia
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In Gautam Bhatia’s novel, a woman tries to cross a wall that has enclosed her city for 2000 years
An excerpt from Bhatia’s speculative fiction novel, ‘The Wall’.
Gautam Bhatia
Trending
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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The India Fix: What does Pathaan’s massive success mean for the BJP?
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Fiction: A courtesan renounces pleasure and embraces Buddhism after she is betrayed by the world
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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Explained: How LIC’s exposure to the embattled Adani Group has implications for middle class savings
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In denying bail to Safoora Zargar, Delhi court stretches facts and uses metaphors in place of law
The flawed reasoning was used to justify keeping a pregnant woman in an overcrowded prison in the middle of a nationwide pandemic.
Gautam Bhatia
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The Constitution of India was not just a founding document. It had a radically transformative vision
Gautam Bhatia’s book examines how the transformative promises of the Constitution have played out in independent India.
Gautam Bhatia
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India’s attorney general is wrong. Constitutional morality is not a ‘dangerous weapon’
KK Venugopal is right that this concept is open to varied interpretation. But isn’t that also true of ideas like liberty, equality, discrimination, dignity?
Gautam Bhatia
Video
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Watch: Comedian imagines finance minister’s budget speech with ‘Pathaan’ collection, BBC documentary
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Watch: Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi have snowball fight on final day of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir
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Watch: Snow avalanche caught on camera in Chamoli, Uttarakhand
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Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
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Watch: Shah Rukh Khan makes an appearance for fans outside his home to celebrate ‘Pathaan’
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Three important possibilities the section 377 verdict offers for expansion of civil rights in India
The judgement decriminalising homosexuality is only the foundation stone. The future development of the law is now in the hands of the courts.
Gautam Bhatia
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Supreme Court may have rejected the ban on ‘Meesha’ but its judgement is a sugar-coated poison pill
By issuing notice and deciding the case on merits, the Court has given itself – and every High Court in the country – a new and dangerous power of censorship.
Gautam Bhatia
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A conversation on science fiction and fantasy between the two Indian nominees for the Hugo Awards
Mimi Mondal and Gautam Bhatia talk about their explorations of and experiences in writing and editing in these genres.
Mimi Mondal & Gautam Bhatia
The Reel
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Loya case: Supreme Court has delivered a trial court judgement – without actually holding a trial
The court has become the Supreme Magistrate, the Supreme Investigating Officer, and the Supreme Additional Sessions Judge, the Court of First and Last Instance.
Gautam Bhatia
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‘Djinn City’ is a highly ambitious and accomplished addition to South Asian fantasy literature
Saad Z Hossain’s second novel is a layered and complex work whose calibrated pace and multiplicity of registers add to its quality.
Gautam Bhatia
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With triple talaq order, Supreme Court revives ‘arbitrariness’ as grounds to challenge unequal laws
In June, however, the court had in the Aadhaar-PAN case rejected the argument that linking the two numbers was an arbitrary law.
Gautam Bhatia
The Field
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Tri-series: Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues star as India defeat West Indies to stay unbeaten
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shweta Sehrawat among three Indians in Team of the Tournament
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Premier League: Everton appoint Sean Dyche as new manager after Frank Lampard sacking
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Tennis: Novak Djokovic returns to world No 1, Aryna Sabalenka back at No 2 after Aus Open titles
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ICC Women's T20 World Cup: 2023 edition in South Africa set to mark another paradigm shift