#Krishna 2/3

Sep 15, 20193 min read

The Emperor and the Shogun: Understanding Japanese History

I have so far covered some information about Tokugawa Ieyasu in three blog posts: The Glorious son of Japan, Resolution in Defeat and...

Sep 10, 20194 min read

Ieyasu as Shogun: setting up the succession

Tokugawa Ieyasu, the great unifier of Japan, became the Shogun (essentially military ruler) of Japan in 1603, three years after his...

Sep 8, 20192 min read

The aesthetics of Onam

If you were to take a walk in any of the cities or towns of Kerala this past Thursday or Friday, you would see a higher than usual...

Jun 30, 20195 min read

Analysing the 2019 Kerala Lok Sabha results

The 2019 General elections witnessed the incumbent dispensation being re-elected with a larger majority, a first for a non-Congress...

Apr 8, 20193 min read

The civilizing mission of our journalists

Members of every profession tend to aggrandize themselves, and attempt to portray themselves as the basis for everything. Lawyers,...

Mar 30, 20193 min read

The level of public discourse in India

It is a by word that gets quoted often, whenever an insolent or uncivil remark is made by a Politician, to say that this is a “new low in...

Feb 2, 20192 min read

Quit whining about the Budget

Politics is essentially about Power. Politics about wielding power, exercising it and maintaining it. Politics is about power; it is...

Jan 30, 20194 min read

The Scindias – Traitors?

One of the most enduring presuppositions in the Indian Historical narrative surrounding the 1857 Revolt or the First War of Independence...

Nov 22, 20183 min read

A Quick note on Article 26

wrote an article regarding the origins of Article 26 of the Constitution of India. The article is a well written one, and should ideally...

Sep 23, 20184 min read

Bad law and Democracy

A still from the film Gandhi (1982) “There are unjust laws as there are unjust men” ~ from the film Gandhi (1982) Background:This article...

Sep 13, 20185 min read

Notes on Section 377 [Decriminalization of homosexuality]

This post is the reproduction of the remarks I had prepared for the meeting of the NUALS Constitutional Law Discussion Group held on...

Aug 30, 20184 min read

Resolution in defeat: the Ieyasu way

or How to win after being massacred on the battlefield, holding out with 120 Soldiers against 35,000 Takeda Shingen, the fearsome daimyo...

Apr 30, 20183 min read

Section 295-A: Why we need to repeal it.

I have written a series of blogposts here and articles on Swarajya dealing with the issue of Free Speech. It is a complex issue that...

Apr 11, 20182 min read

Are you just saying that?

Or do you mean it? After being asked for a fourth time in a row about whether I mean a compliment or not, I sat about thinking whether I...

Mar 13, 20182 min read

Disconnect and outright rejection of arguments are harming public discourse

Public discourse needs to entertain a variety of differing opinion There is a widespread disconnect between what the intellectuals...

Mar 12, 20183 min read

Black Panther: Tradition v. Reform

I watched “Black Panther” the ‘critically acclaimed’ Marvel movie that was released a few weeks ago. It was quite an average superhero...

Jan 30, 20182 min read

Reforming Labour laws will help the economy

I had earlier written about the absolute necessity to reform the legal system — not only due to the adversity that the litigant faces,...

Jan 22, 20183 min read

The “Minnal” KSRTC bus controversy has been blown way out of proportion

Ignorantia rupta via non excusat:- The ignorance of travel plans is not an excuse. A Minnal KSRTC vehicle. Credits: Mathrubhumi The...

Jan 19, 20186 min read

Stereotyping dissidents

Jordan Peterson, “controversial” clinical psychologist A recent interview of Jordan B Peterson, a clinical psychologist on Channel 4 news...

Jan 18, 20183 min read

Marxism, Dharma and the Constituent Assembly

Brajeshwar Prasad, Communist/Congress man. The constituent assembly debates is full of quirky comments and sharp remarks, and some...