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Psyche and Society
October 30, 2014

The Murderous Rage of the Ordinary – A Perspective from India

The myth that psychopaths and sociopaths are out there in slums, ghettos and mental asylums stands shattered by the frequent reports of brutal torture of maids and domestic servants in…
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Psyche and Society
April 11, 2014

Love and Rage: Role of Splitting, Projection and Narcissism

In the recent shocking incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, Akash, a 23-year old student armed with a gun, axe and knife furiously attacked the object of…
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Psyche and Society
December 4, 2013

Agent Provocateur par excellence

A review of 'Regimes of Narcissism, Regimes of Despair' by Ashish Nandy. Ashis Nandy’s new book explores Indian narcissism, patriotism and nationalism. A drive through any of the glitzy new…
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Psyche and Society
November 16, 2013

What turns aam admi into a monster at home

The myth that psychopaths and sociopaths are out there in slums, ghettos and mental asylums stands shattered by the frequent reports of brutal torture of maids and domestic servants in middle-class homes. It…
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Law and Psychology
September 12, 2013

Juvenile delinquents: The processing of the negative

The near certainty of the award of death penalty to the four adult accused in the case throws into sharp contrast the fact that the juvenile in the Nirbhaya case…
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Psyche and Society
September 1, 2013

A wake-up call for counselling in colleges 

In a recent shocking incident at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Akash, a 23-year-old student armed with a gun, axe and knife, furiously attacked the object of his ‘love’, who is battling…
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Psyche and Society
June 10, 2013

The Rage of Angels: Anger, Fury, Brutal Rape, Protests, Police Action

“He among you who is without sin, let him first cast a stone upon her.” John 8:7 If not comforting, it is less distressful to view the brutal rape of…
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Human Rights
March 1, 2013

The new avatar of the judiciary

Public interest litigation started out as a way to make justice and fundamental rights accessible to the exploited and oppressed. There was a time when the higher judiciary would provide…
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Human Rights
February 20, 2013

The life and death of a surrendered militant

The secret hanging of Afzal Guru is another blot on India’s political class and national consciousness. What then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no…
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Psyche and Society
December 21, 2012

Childrearing practices, culture and psychology

The vexed saga of the two Bhattacharya children Aishwarya and Abhigyan, taken away in May 2011 from their Indian parents by the Norwegian Child Welfare Agency, (Barnevernet) created unprecedented uproar…
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