The Tehelka precedent
Media outrage has succeeded in filing an FIR against Tarun Tejpal against the wishes of his victim herself. Many are looking at this as rule of law. I am terrified […]
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Suggestions to AAP for party agenda
I had contributed a series of suggestions about party agenda to the Aam Aadmi Party, and several people asked me about them. Instead of forwarding a whole series of emails
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Nigerian murdered in Goa and aftermath
The 2013 drug trade related murder of Nigerian national Obada Uzoma Simeon in Goa triggered a wave of racist hate crimes against Nigerians across Goa. Omkar Palyekar, the chief suspect in the murder and assault…
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Dengue Fever season: Protect yourself
Caution: Do not take asprin or ibuprofen as self medication if you have fever that matches the symptoms of dengue. Asprin increases tendency to bleed. Dengue reduces platelet count and
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Consumer Feminism: The dark side of the women’s rights struggle
I believe that the women’s rights struggle is evolving from a phase of being controlled by men within the family to being exploited by men outside the family, and feminist
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Occupy CST : How some people are easier to punish with law
The news hit briefly. A few comments, some photos. Farmers from drought stricken Maharashtra and disabled people were protesting at CST station.There was no major news story. In fact the
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Conversations around women empowerment and safety in public
This post is based on a long series of tweets and conversation on Twitter based on yesterday’s article about how there is disproportionate paranoia about safety of women at the
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On the inequality of censorship, Arun Jaitey, Barkha Dutt, and some thoughts
Yesterday when I wrote the article saying that Arun Jaitley sending the notice to the blogger Prashant Panday was a good thing, I came across a couple of immediate condemnations
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Balochistan: Baloch resistance to all Pakistani designs, including Gwadar Project
Dear Sir, I’m a Baloch human rights activist from Balochistan but, because of media blackout, I am unable to present the ugly picture of human rights abuses that Pakistan Army
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