Publications

[with Jordan Namchu, PhD Candidate, Sociology, IIT Bombay] The article examines the growing significance of World Indigenous Peoples’ Day in India, despite the Government of India’s refusal to recognise Scheduled Tribes (STs) as “indigenous peoples”…

This article reflects on the passing of Shibu Soren, fondly remembered as Dishom Guru, a towering figure in Jharkhand’s Adivasi movement. It traces his role in transforming grassroots resistance into a broad-based political struggle for statehood…

Globally, transmen face structural erasure—not only due to their gender-diverse identities, but also because they were born in female bodies, traditionally viewed as inferior. Views expressed in this article are solely those of the author…

[with Hugo Gorringe] Tamil Nadu has a proud history of politics committed to social justice. Failure to act decisively against the scourge of caste-violence and so-called honour-killings, contributes to the perception that egalitarian commitments have…

The contemporary literature on Indian universities is rife with discontent about academic freedom. Apart from attacks within and outside the university on the production and dissemination of knowledge, the state has systematically undermined institutional autonomy…

The arrest of two Catholic nuns from Kerala in BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh on charges of forced conversion has triggered political uproar and exposed the BJP’s divergent postures toward Christians. What appears to be a contradiction in…

The summary judgments in the Anthropic and Meta cases recognise the highly transformative character of GenAI, thereby favouring a finding of fair use with respect to using copyrighted materials for training purposes. Read more. Views…

Co-author: Rajendran Narayanan, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru A recent survey, by the Stranded Workers Action Network, shows that about 70% of migrant respondents from Bihar had no awareness…

The demand for men’s rights hinges on false narratives. The agenda here is not to liberate people under various structures of oppression, but to denounce the achievements of feminism. Views expressed in this article are…

Co-authored by: Mohsin Alam Bhat (Queen Mary University of London), and researchers Arushi Gupta, and Shardul Gopujkar, with the support of researchers and law students from NLSIU Based on 1,193 High Court cases, landmark Supreme…

Disability is not merely absent from legal recognition but is actively constructed as a site of deficit, dependency, and exclusion. The Constitution enshrines ableist assumptions by equating disability with incompetence and by framing rights as…

Edited by: Dean D’ Cruz, Reboni Saha, Siddhrath Peter de Souza, Varsha Aithala and Naomi Jose This insightful book reimagines how justice systems can be reshaped to better serve the needs of people—especially those who…