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Tree of Hope, Partition Museum, Amritsar
Psyche and Society
February 7, 2024

Inter-Community Relations: Psychoanalytical explorations

Tree of Hope, Partition Museum, Amritsar https://www.partitionmuseum.org/ (Retrieved May 7th, 2022)  “It has no other end in view than to throw light on things by tracing what is manifest back…
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Psyche and Society
May 12, 2022

Historical trauma, mourning and majoritarianism: Psycho-social explorations

Mourning is commonly associated with death of a near and dear loved one. Apathy, a turning away from the outer world, lack of interest in activities un-connected with the loved…
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Law and PsychologyLaw and Society
August 12, 2020

Contempt Powers of Indian Courts Don’t Measure Up to the Principles of Natural Justice

Perhaps the paradigm of an all powerful judiciary sending down bolts of righteous wrath on a cowering populace needs to be set aside and the emerging complex issues in the…
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Human RightsLaw and Society
August 12, 2020

Custodial Torture: It Is the Criminal Justice System That Requires Investigation

From judicial apathy to society's acceptance of the police's methods, there are several factors that have eroded the rights to life, liberty and dignity. According to one view, the lockdown…
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Law and Society
March 10, 2020

Opinion | Oh, Solomon Ayodhya Verdict

Ayodhya Verdict The knowledge that it had been the second longest hearing in the history of the Supreme Court, lasting 40 days, had whet our appetite and increased excitement over…
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Psyche and Society
October 2, 2019

Gandhi’s odyssey of ends and means as a guiding force – His example could guide us on how to acknowledge and take charge of our ‘bad’ selves

In a world full of inequality and injustice, there has been a constant striving for a more egalitarian and just order. Crucial to the question of efforts at a better…
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Psyche and Society
July 29, 2019

HOW HATE WORKS – REVIEW OF BOOK ANATOMY OF HATE BY REVATI LAUL

Commenting on the performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Gujarat State Assembly elections in December 2017, where the incumbent party had barely managed a majority, journalist Revati…
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Law and Psychology
July 29, 2019

Supreme Wisdom: Wolf To Guard Sheep

SUPREME WISDOM: WOLF TO GUARD SHEEP By Rakesh Shukla In apparently a laudable and bold move headlines that ‘SC will depute CBI, police officials to curb graft in registry’ greet…
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Gender JusticeLaw and Psychology
April 30, 2019

Even Judges Are Mortals When it Comes to Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

Do individuals placed in the judicial position become miraculously free from ordinary human emotions? The recent allegations of sexual harassment against the chief justice of India, and his manner of dealing…
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Law and Psychology
July 19, 2018

Vulnerable Witnesses And Criminal Justice System: Role Of Intermediaries

A recent June 21st incident where a child with Down’s syndrome witnessed a murderand two attempted murders draws our attention to the serious lacunae in the Indian legal system with…
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