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
Category: Culture
An ongoing quest for equality
An essay in The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s judgment in the Sabarimala temple entry case: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/an-ongoing-quest-for-equality/article25091730.ece
Section 377: Drawing a curtain on the past
An essay in The Hindu on how the Supreme Court in decriminalising homosexuality has recognised the Constitution’s transformative power: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/drawing-a-curtain-on-the-past/article24937833.ece
The Sabarimala singularity
An article in The Hindu on why the Supreme Court needs to look beyond the essential practices doctrine in interpreting the Constitution’s religious freedom clauses: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-sabarimala-singularity/article24514458.ece
How the world explains football
An edit-page essay in The Hindu on the Football World Cup: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/how-the-world-explains-football/article24224767.ece
What makes football beautiful
A review of books by Simon Critchley and Laurent Dubois for The Hindu: https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/what-we-think-about-when-we-think-about-football-by-simon-critchley-and-the-language-of-the-game-how-to-understand-soccer-by-laurent-dubois-reviews-what-makes-football-beautiful/article24180474.ece
The jallikattu challenge
Why, for now, any effort at securing animal welfare may have to be grounded in our own rights as human beings. An essay for The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-jallikattu-challenge/article22734450.ece
The right to read, and be read
A piece for The Hindu on why the Supreme Court ought to be treating bans on books far more seriously than it presently does: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-right-to-read-and-be-read/article19866346.ece
Death of a tribe
A book review of David Grann’s “Killers of The Flower Moon” for The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/death-of-a-tribe/article19233822.ece
Looking beyond our own species
An edit-page essay for The Hindu on why India needs a more robust animal protection law: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Looking-beyond-our-own-species/article17284857.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 