For The Caravan’s Vantage, a post on why Justice Sathasivam’s appointment as Governor of Kerala was improper: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-br-ambedkar-insisted-judges-should-not-be-barred-cushy-post-retirement-jobs
Author: Suhrith Parthasarathy
Suhrith Parthasarathy is a lawyer practicing at the Madras High Court.
Safeguarding judicial autonomy
My comment in The Hindu on the proposed National Judicial Appointments Commission: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/national-judicial-appointments-commission-bill-safeguarding-judicial-autonomy/article6347268.ece?homepage=true#comments
By Appointment Only
My essay in The Caravan Magazine on appointment of judges to India’s Supreme Court, and the need for greater judicial independence: http://www.caravanmagazine.in/books/appointment-only
Law Commission Report on ‘Death Penalty’
In the Economic and Political Weekly, my comment on the Supreme Court’s flawed death penalty jurisprudence: http://www.epw.in/commentary/law-commission-report-%E2%80%98death-penalty%E2%80%99.html
The History of Dutch Soccer and Playing Not to Win
A piece for Pacific Standard on Dutch football and why the country values style so much: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/history-dutch-soccer-argentina-germany-world-cup-85539/
Can Philosophy Make a Difference to England’s Football Game?
For Yahoo! a piece on the English national football team, and why it would do well to fashion a specific footballing ideology: https://in.news.yahoo.com/can-philosophy-make-a-difference-to-england-s-football-game-054509398.html
Delhi HC dismisses a petition about the deaths of 10,000 children in a government hospital
For scroll.in, a piece on a flawed Delhi High Court judgment: http://scroll.in/article/666642/Delhi-HC-dismisses-a-petition-about-the-deaths-of-10,000-children-in-a-government-hospital
Six on Six: The best playmakers of the World Cup
For scroll.in, a piece on the best playmakers at the World Cup in Brazil: http://scroll.in/article/667244/Six-on-Six:-The-best-playmakers-of-the-World-Cup
A Brief History of Modern Iran, Told Through Soccer
A piece for The Pacific Standard Magazine on the Iranian football team and its link to politics in the country: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/politics-and-law/brief-history-modern-iran-told-soccer-82908/
Brazil’s ignominious football World Cup
My comment in The Hindu on the Football World Cup, which begins next week in Brazil. I argue here that for most Brazilians view their government’s decision to spend 15 billion dollars on hosting the event as a Most Brazilians view this as a depraved act of profligacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/brazils-ignominious-football-world-cup/article6090095.ece
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