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

· Jul 16, 2021 · 06:30 am

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

· Feb 15, 2017 · 05:30 pm

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

· Sep 23, 2016 · 12:30 pm

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

· Sep 20, 2016 · 06:30 pm

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

· Sep 13, 2016 · 08:00 am

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

· Sep 02, 2016 · 06:30 am

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

· Jan 25, 2016 · 12:30 pm

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

· Dec 18, 2015 · 11:30 am

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

· Nov 06, 2015 · 04:30 pm

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

· Aug 16, 2015 · 09:15 am

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

· Mar 27, 2015 · 03:40 pm