J. Sai Deepak

A soft state and judicial populism: A match made in hell

The government’s lack of a proper response mechanism to what I would call, the ‘Shaheen Baghaisation’ of matters of law…

4 years ago

Indigeneity, land ontologies and ‘development’

It makes little sense to address deep-seated issues of coloniality with a Band-Aid when perhaps a ‘hit reset’ option is…

4 years ago

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND INDIGENEITY

In the last piece where I started a conversation on a civilizational approach to “blasphemy” in the context of Section…

5 years ago

A civilisational approach to blasphemy

In the last piece, I had discussed in brief the nature of Section 295A of the IPC, also known as…

5 years ago

Section 295A: The ‘Blasphemy’ Provision

It was contended on behalf of the petitioner that in order for Section 295A to pass muster on the anvils…

5 years ago

Identity politics, elections and the Representation of the People Act, 1951

In 2017, a seven-Judge Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in Abhiram Singh vs C.D. Commachen (Dead) By…

5 years ago

Vedantic universalism, Indic civilisational renaissance & diversity

Swami Vivekananda’s note of caution serves to highlight his vision which is truly Bharatiya and civilisational because it encompasses every…

5 years ago

The curious case of Indian secularism

In most instances, there are no written orders pursuant to which temple appointments in Tamil Nadu have been made, which…

5 years ago

A feudal democracy?

Over the past few days, a well-known and fairly accomplished Senior IPS Officer, who is currently the Home Secretary to…

5 years ago

Conversations, certitude and disagreements

I have written 26 pieces thus far under this column, which is slightly over the halfway mark for the number…

5 years ago

Religion, race and colonialism

The period between the 15th and 19th centuries has been credited with the birth of ‘modernity’ and several ‘modern’ concepts…

5 years ago

The European origins of cultural coloniality

To use a pop culture reference, a form of inception was performed on the minds of the hitherto colonised so…

5 years ago