In The Hindu, a piece on how India is unique among democracies in that a constitutional right to equality is not backed by comprehensive legislation: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-need-for-an-anti-discrimination-law/article31828372.ece
An Equal Right to Freedom of Religion: A Reading of the Supreme Court’s Judgment in Sabarimala
An article in the Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal on Justice DY Chandrachud’s opinion in the Sabarimala case and its radical and potentially transformative interpretation of the Constitution’s freedom of religion clauses: http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U-of-OxHRJ-J-An-Equal-Right-to-Freedom-of-Religion.pdf
A violation of right found, but no remedy given
On the Supreme Court’s quest for an identity, an essay in The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-violation-of-right-found-but-no-remedy-given/article31643824.ece
Needed, greater decentralisation of power
An essay in the Hindu on how federal limitations are hampering the power of states to respond to Covid-19: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/needed-greater-decentralisation-of-power/article31293086.ece
Nowhere Man
A review of Aravind Adiga’s novel, Amnesty: https://openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/nowhere-man/
For a universal status of personhood
An essay in The Hindu on how the Foreigners Act instils a regime where there is presumption against citizenship and denies the weakest their most basic rights: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-a-universal-status-of-personhood/article31033851.ece
Liberty at the government’s whim
A piece in The Hindu on how a ruling of the J&K High Court on preventive detention stands as an antithesis of the Constitution’s basic function: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/liberty-at-the-governments-whim/article30785807.ece
Reading the Preamble
A short piece on why Indians are invoking the Preamble as a call for change: https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/reading-the-preamble/articleshow/73618888.cms
A net verdict that falls short of expectations
An essay in The Hindu on the disappointing Supreme Court ruling on the Kashmir Communications ban: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/a-net-verdict-that-falls-short-of-expectations/article30601655.ece
The warp and weft of religious liberty
An essay co-written with Gautam Bhatia on the freedom of religion clauses of the Constitution: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-warp-and-weft-of-religious-liberty/article30551695.ece
