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In Ruchira’s Honour
Ruchira’s daughter shared my tribute this week and called it amazing. She does not know me. Her mother did, through nearly two decades of this blog. In her honour the…
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Dharms are Natural Democrats
The indigenous record was procedurally rich and narrow. The colonial record was procedurally borrowed and narrow. In 1950 Delhi adopted universal adult suffrage at a stroke, literacy under a fifth,…
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The Writ of the Pakistani State into P.A.K
Two states reached for the same instrument five weeks apart. The AJK police called the protesters a challenge to the writ of the state. Pradhan put tukde-tukde forces at Jantar…
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Inside Pakistan’s High-Stakes Gamble on Trump
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The Hindufication of the Indian Bahá’í Community
The Bahá’í community of India hosted this performance in Mumbai roughly around about nine years ago, because 2017 was the sacred bicentenary of the birthday of Bahá’u’lláh. What’s also interesting…
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Open Thread – Iran & CJP
I went on Twitter for a bit (I stopped using it) and I was surprised by what’s happening. The war in Iran seems to be raging and the CJP protests…
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Thoughts on the 5 Point Plan?
No Chief Justice shall be granted a Rajya Sabha seat as a post-retirement reward. If any legitimate vote is deleted, the Chief Election Commissioner shall be arrested under the UAPA,…
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Eliminator, Not Meritocracy
After this year’s leak, the cancellation, and the June re-examination, demands to abolish NEET have returned. We argue the exam is an eliminator rather than a meritocracy, and that it…