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
Category: Politics
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
The politics of quota and merit
My op-ed in The Hindu on policies of reservation and the state of political debate in India: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-politics-of-quota-and-merit/article5922949.ece
This Lethal Lottery
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
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
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
Suhrith Parthasarathy 