Interview: Why we should care about the mental health of death row prisoners – and their families

A new report from Project 39-A finds a prison system that doesn’t care for the mental health impacts of being on death row.

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· 5 hours ago

Why Modi’s idea of linking rights to duties goes against the Constitution

Linking rights with duties is a popular line of thought in Indian politics. But it has little backing from the law.

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· Oct 14, 2021 · 09:00 am

Why India’s well-paid senior advocates want court hearings to stay online – but junior lawyers don’t

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the huge gaps in the legal profession.

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· Oct 12, 2021 · 06:30 am

Explainer: What happens when the Centre refuses to appoint judges despite a collegium recommendation

The government has been stalling on the appointments of two judges to the Karnataka HC, despite the collegium recommending the names on three occasions.

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· Oct 08, 2021 · 09:14 am

Around the world, people are getting taller – so why are Indian heights on the decline?

New data shows that Indian men are shorter now than they were a decade ago. So are large numbers of women.

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· Sep 30, 2021 · 06:30 am

Amartya Sen’s memoir reveals the sheer diversity of influences on the making of an intellectual

‘Home in the World’ Sen comes across as an unstoppable force with an extraordinary life.

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· Sep 26, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Peggy Mohan’s book on India’s languages does not tell stories that suit the new political narrative

‘Wanderers, Kings, Merchants’ shows how the languages of India are likely to have developed.

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· Aug 28, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Kaushik Basu’s diaries provide delightful and instructive glimpses of economic policymaking

As the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India and then as Chief Economist, World Bank, Basu was both participant and observer.

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· Aug 21, 2021 · 05:30 pm