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Gautam Bhatia
Gautam Bhatia is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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How Justice DY Chandrachud ensured radical equality for women with the Sabarimala judgment
An excerpt from ‘Unsealed Covers: A Decade of the Constitution, the Courts and the State’, by Gautam Bhatia.
Gautam Bhatia
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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
Trending
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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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
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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
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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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
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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
The Field
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces