Counterpoint
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Counterpoint: Solving India’s judicial backlog requires a nuanced conversation
Any long-term measures for judicial reform should revolve around increasing transparency and accountability of the system, especially of judges.
Prashant Reddy T
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Yes, sexual exploitation and slavery exist. But they are not the same as sex work
Isn’t respecting the choices and autonomy of women at the core of what it means to be a feminist?
Meena Saraswathi Seshu
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Food for thought: If Bt cotton technology is not working, why support its use by Indian companies?
Responding to concerns expressed by Kavitha Kuruganti in her piece on government regulation of the price of Bt cotton seeds.
Prashant Reddy
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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Counterpoint: The government is well within its rights to regulate the price of Bt cotton seeds
Two recent pieces criticising Vandana Shiva’s defence of the government’s right to regulate the price of Bt cotton seeds miss an important point she makes.
Kavitha Kuruganti
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Why Flavia Agnes ends up on the same side as the anti-women Muslim Personal Law Board: Javed Anand
Contrary to her argument, the so-called concessions in the Board’s affidavit to the apex court is a tactical move for survival and continued relevance.
Javed Anand
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Counterpoint: Is it really so difficult to hear what Kashmiris are saying?
Chitralekha Zutshi’s argument that the new wave of militancy in Kashmir is devoid of politics is riddled with generalisations.
Mohamad Junaid
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Why is it difficult to defend tradition and autonomy within the Indian constitutional state?
The jallikattu and Sabrimala debates reveal that we have failed to bring about a public discourse where cultural arguments are addressed on their own terms.
Mathew John
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Why we keep calling you Presstitutes: A message from the rest of us
A rejoinder to the Scroll piece that took exception to the use of the word “presstitutes” to describe members of the media.
Arvind Agrawal
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The cyclist and the Marxist: Why everything should not be reduced to class conflict
A rejoinder to Sanjay Srivastava's view in Scroll that sports bicycle should not be a symbol of urban renewal and that the new helmet-wearing recreational cyclist is part of the problem.
Jonathan Shapiro Anjaria
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Why writing Hindi in Roman rather than Devanagri would be a disaster
Shoaib Daniyal’s eccentric quest to prove that the country should follow Rahul Gandhi’s choice of script was too free with both facts and logic.
Keshava Guha
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No, Smriti Irani is not wasting your money on the IITians
Joining issue with an earlier piece that argued against subsidies to 'those who don't deserve it'.
Nivvedan Senthamil Selvan