March 28, 2018
Lure of Fascism: Agonies and Delights You tube Azeem Premji Univ
Azeem Premji Colloquium Lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apt-KZJa8QQ
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February 5, 2018
Apex Imprimatur On Acquittal Of ‘Peepli Live’ Co-director Mahmood Farooqui
In this era of me-too and him-too naming and shaming campaigns, which have placed the issue of consent centre stage, we have the dismissal by the Supreme Court of the…
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December 11, 2017
Psychoanalysis and Hindustani Classical Music: Resonances
PSYCHOANALYSIS AND HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC: RESONANCES By Rakesh Shukla In tune with the Indian way of story- telling of connecting with the past and much of psychoanalytical writings, let us…
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November 9, 2017
Azim Premji University Colloquium Series: “The Lure of Fascism: Agonies and Delights”
Azim Premji University Colloquium Series “The Lure of Fascism: Agonies and Delights” By Rakesh Shukla Watch the live broadcast of the talk by clicking http://lectures.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/. It can be accessed from Android…
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October 22, 2017
Is the ‘Next Friend’ the Best Friend?
The Supreme Court's ruling in the Aruna Shanbaug euthanasia case seems to be solely based on the views of the nursing staff of the Mumbai hospital who have been looking…
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October 1, 2017
Dastan-e-Farooqui: Of Consent, Conviction And Acquittal
Mahmood Farooqui’s legal journey is far from over, the HC verdict can still be challenged. In the ancient city of Delhi, witness to hundreds of stories, in seven avatars of…
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September 19, 2017
Triple Talaq Judgment: Gender, ‘Othering’ and A Medieval Paradigm
Psychoanalysis has always been a bit harsh, if not downright suspicious of altruism. However, the spectacle of the overwhelming concern for Muslim women from Prime Minister Modi to U.P. Chief…
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May 6, 2017
Criminal Defamation Versus Free Speech And Liberty
In the criminal defamation case against Kejriwal, media reports manage to convey the palpable pleasure of Mr. Jethmalani in cross examining Mr. Jaitley. In the midst of the bickering over…
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March 23, 2017
To Remove Caste Bias From the Judicial System, Judges Need to Self-Correct
There are numerous cases that highlight the extent to which implicit caste biases creep into Indian courts. The complaint of Justice C.S. Karnan, then of the Madras high court, to…
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March 20, 2017
Interstices and interfaces: a psychoanalytic look at the role of the unconscious and the irrational in law.
Neither at that time, nor indeed in my later life, did I feel any particular predilection for the career of a doctor….Under the powerful influence of a school friendship with…
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