My article in The OPEN Magazine on the Supreme Court’s judgment commuting the death sentence awarded previously to three men for conspiring and murdering the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/this-lethal-lottery
Category: Law
Democracy versus majoritarian will
An op-ed in The Hindu on why democracy demands more than a mere commitment to majoritarian will: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/democracy-versus-majoritarian-will/article5733360.ece
The right judge for the job
For The Indian Express, a short piece on why the present system of selecting judges to India’s higher judiciary is a shambles: http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-right-judge-for-the-job/99/
Condemned to die, but not to wait
An op-ed in The Hindu, co-authored with Goutham Shivshankar, on why those sentenced to death are also deserving of the due process of law: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/condemned-to-die-but-not-to-wait/article5653592.ece
And Justice for None
A piece for The Caravan on the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the constitutionality of Section 377, IPC, which effectively criminalizes consensual sexual acts “against the order of nature”: http://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/and-justice-none#sthash.1XBMrath.dpuf
The Broken Estate
My piece in the December issue of The Caravan Magazine on how political ownership curtails press freedom in India: http://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/broken-estate
Surveillance and its privacy pitfalls
My op-ed in The Hindu on illegal surveillance by the State of Gujarat and the slipping standards of privacy in India: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/surveillance-and-its-privacy-pitfalls/article5376464.ece
India’s muddled thinking on punishment
My piece in The Hindu’s editorial on why the retention of the death penalty speaks to a larger incoherence in India’s penology: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/indias-muddled-thinking-on-punishment/article5131843.ece
Water Wars in India’s South
A piece for The New York Times’ India Ink on the dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam: http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/water-wars-in-indias-south/?_r=0
Criminalizing match fixing
A joint op-ed in The Mint on why match-fixing and related activities ought not to be criminalized: http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/dbd5GvPhdmOEUaWw755bYP/Indian-cricket-needs-to-look-within.html
Suhrith Parthasarathy 