A piece for The New Yorker on tennis’ new celebrity coaches: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2014/01/can-great-tennis-players-be-great-coaches.html
The reign of Sir Alex
A piece for the Sunday Guardian reviewing Alex Ferguson’s autobiography: http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/alex-ferguson-my-autobiography
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
A foreign hand that we could use
A co-authored piece in The Hindu’s op-ed pages on how the Indian anti-corruption movement can benefit from laws of other nations and the sustained efforts of international organizations: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-foreign-hand-that-we-could-use/article5182766.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
Code of Honours
A piece for The Caravan Magazine on the arcane rituals of judicial appointments in India: http://caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/code-honours
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