Published in “ [In]Complete Justice? The Supreme Court at 75”, edited by Justice S. Muralidhar.

.Tarangini Sriraman and I write on the separation of “extraordinary citizens” from “ordinary residents” in India today via documents and bureaucratic processes that are making identification an impossibility for many. scroll.in/article/108568…

first they came for civil society

The Bombay High Court on Aug 20 said that there is no law which mandates that slaughterhouses must be closed for nine days during Jain festival of Paryushan Parv. The Court said that it cannot issue a writ of Mandamus to any State authority since there is no law or rule to the

Gone in SEVEN minutes! On #OnlineGamingBill2025, the process of law making in #Parliament itself was reduced to a game 👏👏 Showing amazing speed, the #OnlineGamingBill, cleared by cabinet only yesterday, introduced in #LokSabha only hours ago, was just passed by the House,

Always amused by people who still think procedures of any kind would be followed while passing bills in Parliament. 12 years of seeing the systematic murder of that institution has taught me that you can't trust BJP to follow any procedure or law when it comes to Parliament.

“The ongoing campaign to decriminalise economic offences and deregulate marks a turning point for Indian philanthropists. They are moving from funding social ventures to publicly advocating their own ideas for reform.“

thinktank was to blame was the new one and unexpected

Remember the kind of illiterate nonsense CEC spoke about this subject.

The collection of bio-metrics in India was always about finding who the foreigners are, never about welfare. This has been the plan since kargil, even before 9/11 which pushed bio-metrics globally. scroll.in/article/108573…

“They kept repeating: Mussalmaan hai, maar daalo isko. He is a Muslim, kill him” 20-year-old Suleman Pathan, who once led Ganpati celebrations in his #Maharashtra village, was lynched by a mob that included his closest friends, reports Kunal Purohit article-14.com/post/-in-a-mah…

If you are looking for a gathering to celebrate the #NationalSpaceDay, consider both of these talks in Hyderabad.

This book looks incredibly promising!

The coolest job with the coolest clients. What an honour and privilege it is to have my comics accompany essays by some of the best legal minds of the country. Thank you Muralidhar sir and Ninni!

The Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India organized a one-day National Conference of Chief Registrars of Births & Deaths at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 20th August 2025. The conference deliberated on key issues related to the Civil Registration System

Long read: The death of eight persons in close succession due to electrocution has put the spotlight on the state of network infrastructure in Hyderabad. Naveen Kumar and Lavpreet Kaur report from the ground. thehindu.com/news/national/…

They tried the NRC and failed. Now it is outright random and discretionary, aka communal.

Hyderabadis can pick your Free eco-friendly clay Ganesh idols from HMDA distribution centres 👇👇 Aug 24–26, 2025 34 centres across the city 1,00,000 idols available

#Hyderabad--- HMDA will distribute 1 lakh #ecoFriendly #clayGanesh idols free across 34 locations in #Hyderabad from Aug 24–26, 2025. Say no to #PoP idols, protect our #lakes & celebrate a greener, #GaneshChaturthi, the #HMDA officials said. #Hyderabad

Reflection of our times as India shifts from US to China.