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
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
Suhrith Parthasarathy 