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Dilip D’Souza
Dilip D'Souza is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Agnates, cognates, half-bloods and full-bloods: The real challenge in drafting a Uniform Civil Code
Such an exercise must analyse all personal laws in the light of Constitutional guarantees to every Indian: equality, justice, right to life.
Dilip D’Souza
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What I saw behind the scenes at the Bharat Jodo Yatra: a poster relay, pleas for photos – and a vase
Two days on the road with the Congress march for unity.
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How a lagoon in Gujarat’s Toraniya shows up the government’s fake claims about the Narmada project
Two decades before the contested Sardar Sarovar dam brought water to dry parts of the state, a group of dedicated activists delivered on a small promise.
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Election results: What does BJP’s hegemony in the Hindi belt mean for Indian politics?
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Why KCR lost Telangana – and what it means for state parties
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Priya Satia: How modern empire broke the empire mould
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A trio of wolves, a lunging crocodile and other winners at the Sanctuary Wildlife Photography Awards
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Telangana polls: Congress ahead in 64 of 119 seats, set to oust Bharat Rashtra Samithi government
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Amish Tripathi’s platitudes on Gyanvapi are built on a denial of India’s harsh truths
The author’s view that India is ‘a decent liberal country’ glosses over the brutalities inflicted on fellow Indians.
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Chinese-Indians from Deoli Camp write to Modi again urging India to apologise for 1962 internment
They also requested the construction of a memorial in the Rajasthan facility to the ethnic Chinese who had died during their incarceration there.
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In the Florida Keys, a chance encounter and a shark named Rohan
An idyllic holiday takes an unforeseen turn.
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Management spoof: Manager gets a shock on learning what EOD really means
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Watch: Heavy snow blankets runways, train tracks and roads, disrupting daily life in Munich, Germany
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Watch: Scenes of chaos and panic as powerful earthquake, aftershocks rock parts of the Philippines
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Watch: Smoke billows from luxury speedboat after it catches fire near Alibaug, Maharashtra
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Watch #ResultsWithIndependentMedia: Poll verdict live
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Opinion: Sexual assault is sexual assault, skin or no skin
A misogynistic, sexist judgement of the Bombay High Court has just made my daughter’s world that much more terrifying.
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A Covid-19 quarantine diary: Sweet voices on the phone and a very special gargle
While we are grateful for our light brush with Madam Corona, there were times when I’d lie awake late at night – isolated, yes – with fear and worry.
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Sometimes you win even when you don’t: A tribute to Raj Marphatia
He was the first non-white President of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: Russian literature and Kangra painting meet in ‘Kasba’
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Vir Das: ‘Humanity without laughter wouldn’t survive very long’
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Watch: ‘House of the Dragon’ season 2 teaser trailer is out
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‘The Boys’ season 4 trailer: Homelander grows in influence as Butcher tries to rally his team
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‘Salaar Part 1 – Ceasefire’ trailer: ‘K.G.F’ director’s new film stars Prabhas, Prithviraj Sukumaran
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The Art of Solitude: How an author chases away the blues – by playing them
So in these uncertain, almost eerie days, I send blues riffs – amateur and awkward they still are – warbling into the ether every evening.
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When baseball has a lesson for cricket: stolen bases and ‘Mankading’
It’s a matter of risks, with consequent rewards (runs) and penalties (wickets), that’s all.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill: Echoes of 1962 India-China war and an unjust incarceration
The Bill makes citizenship an embodiment of our deepest prejudices, just as laws passed to incarcerate the Indian Chinese did in 1962.
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The Field
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Badminton, Syed Modi International: Ponnappa-Crasto lose to Japan’s Iwanga-Nakanishi in final
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England tour of India: Issy Wong, Hollie Armitage lead visitors to series win against India A
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Pro Kabaddi League: Gujarat Giants beat Telugu Titans in season opener; U Mumba pip UP Yoddhas
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mohun Bagan Super Giant score late goals to edge past Hyderabad FC
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: India bow out in pool stage with heartbreaking loss to Belgium