How can Rhodes scholars reconcile themselves to the moral challenge posed by Rhodes’s politics?

That’s the question lawyer Menaka Guruswamy attempted to answer when she became the first Indian to have her portrait displayed at Rhodes House.

Menaka Guruswamy

· Oct 04, 2017 · 06:30 pm

Right to privacy: Will India be the country of its Constitution or a society of its subjects?

It is about more than just Aadhaar.

Menaka Guruswamy

· Jul 31, 2017 · 08:00 am

On triple talaq, Supreme Court must uphold Constitutional values, not religious ones

When religious faith is posited against the Constitution, it’s a particularly complex matter for the court to decide on.

Menaka Guruswamy

· Jun 01, 2017 · 08:00 am

Why is illiberalism on the rise in the great democracies of India, Germany and US?

The three are united by a failure in national politics to reflect a discourse of respect, tolerance and dignity that their constitutions are committed to.

Menaka Guruswamy

· Jan 26, 2017 · 08:00 am

Why the Indian army needs to abandon the colonial concept of 'martial races'

It is time to reform recruitment to our armed forces and bring the values of the Constitution into this venerable institution.

Menaka Guruswamy

· Jul 11, 2016 · 08:00 am

Why India must end its official amnesia about the horrors of Partition

By not teaching our children that we slaughtered our own we have ensured that the practice of organised mass slaughter will continue.

Menaka Guruswamy

· Jun 02, 2016 · 12:30 pm

In wake of Peshawar, India must resist demands to step towards the darkness of dogma

India and Pakistan chose different paths at Independence. It's time to confront our choices afresh.

Menaka Guruswamy

· Dec 19, 2014 · 06:30 am