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Law and Psychology
July 10, 2012

Adversarial Matrimonial Law Dynamics, Intimate Relations, and the Narcissism of Minor Differences

“And not only historical fascism, the fascism of Hitler and Mussolini- which was able to mobilize and the use of desire of the masses so effectively- but also the fascism…
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Marriage and Family Law
July 1, 2012

Marriage and divorce: mental cruelty by the wife

In this case of granting a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty by the wife, the Supreme Court seems to have gone out of its way to change the parameters…
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Law and Society
April 1, 2012

RTE as a social experiment towards equality

Rakesh Shukla examines the recent Supreme Court judgment on the Right to Education, which clarified that the obligation on un-aided non-minority schools to admit 25% children from disadvantaged groups is…
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Psyche and Society
March 24, 2012

Paved with good intentions

The vexed saga of the two Bhattacharya children, Aishwarya and Abhigyan, taken away in May 2011 from their Indian parents by Norway’s Child Welfare Agency, (Barnevernet) has been bedevilled by…
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Marriage and Family Law
December 1, 2011

Patriarchy cedes to gender equality

Deeply entrenched patriarchy continues in modern India, from the airlines to the armed forces. But the Supreme Court’s November 2011 judgment, stating that Air India’s policy of appointing only males…
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Psyche and Society
November 10, 2011

Magic, Science, Myth: Merry Coexistence

“Spirits and demons are only projections of man’s own emotional impulses” Totem and Taboo, Freud (1913) “Failure in Love, Evil-Eye of the Enemy, Lack of Progeny, Loss in Business, Alcoholism…
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Law and Society
September 2, 2011

Codify Parliamentary Privileges to protect free speech

If privileges of our elected representatives are not codified, they can be misused, undermining fundamental rights to life, liberty and expression, says RAKESH SHUKLA. The notices for moving breach of…
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Law and Society
August 1, 2011

The language that fosters social change

Caste bias and prejudice runs deep in India. But when court judgments display such conscious or unconscious biases they confer legitimacy on an institution we are trying to uproot, says…
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Human Rights
July 1, 2011

In times of war and extremism: State praxis and the Constitution

The Supreme Court judgment condemning Chhattisgarh state’s use of the Salwa Judum to counter the Maoist menace is not infringing on the security responsibilities of the executive or legislature, but…
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Law and Psychology
June 17, 2011

Judging Sedition: The case of the good doctor

Raja bola raat hai, mantri bola raat hai, court bola raat hai, ye subah subah ki baat hai!” (King said it is night, minister said it is night, court said…
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