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
Tag: Constitution
Aadhaar: Enabling a form of supersurveillance
An essay for The Hindu on how the Aadhaar programme aims to create a seamless police state: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/aadhaar-enabling-a-form-of-supersurveillance/article22444686.ece
‘Supreme Court of India: The Beginnings’ — A review
A review of George Gadbois’s book on the early years of the Supreme Court: http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/supreme-court-of-india-the-beginnings-review-a-matter-of-interpretation/article22382716.ece
Understanding secularism in the Indian context
An essay for The Hindu on why the Constitution’s guarantee of equality demands a concomitant guarantee of secularism: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-secular-condition/article22347527.ece
The Right to Choice of Food
A long essay for the Economic and Political Weekly on the impact of the right to privacy on food choices: http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/51/privacy-after-puttaswamy-judgment/right-choice-food.html
Collegium and transparency
An op-ed in The Hindu on why a recent move to bring greater transparency in judicial appointments scarcely achieves its supposed objectives: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/collegium-and-transparency/article19956961.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
At home and in the world: on the Rohingya issue
Deporting Rohingya refugees would run counter to India’s obligations under domestic and international law. My essay in The Hindu: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/at-home-and-in-the-world-on-the-rohingya-issue/article19685778.ece
The Constitution, refreshed
An edit-page essay for The Hindu on the Supreme Court’s momentous verdict recognising a fundamental right to privacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-constitution-refreshed/article19562577.ece
Taxing times for the States
An edit page essay for The Hindu on how the newly introduced Goods and Services Tax regime violates fundamental principles of federalism: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/taxing-times-for-the-states/article19346974.ece
Suhrith Parthasarathy 