Kigali smiles generously. There is intrigue, amusement or a smile on most faces that a visitor crosses on the streets here. and kind to each other in numerous small ways. Elsewhere, we spent time discussing conflict, peace and post-conflict societies. This elsewhere was a classroom several years back, in Bangalore. We were high on ideas … Continue reading Possibilities in forgiveness and healing: Rwanda
Tag: Law
Indian Courts fascinate
“one man’s vulgarity is another man’s lyric”…. Stoked by the use of such flourishes in Kerala High Court’s judgment. I’d want to read more from Chief Justice Antony Dominic and Justice Dama Seshadri Naidu for being so lyrical yet delivering righteous, clear cut judgments. Outstanding use of language in legal realm. May be Ph.D in … Continue reading Indian Courts fascinate
Quick Take: Policy as the new law
Is policy the new law? The quick take here pursues this question. The observation appears to hold ground considering the manner in which important decisions are made and implemented by governments worldwide, although this applies more to democracies than other forms of political systems. There is an increasing preference to policy making over law making. This … Continue reading Quick Take: Policy as the new law
Sexual Harassment & Appropriate Sexual Behaviour: An alternative view (Part 1/2)
his post is inspired from a paranoia-laced militant behaviour that I witnessed last week, of a Professor (in a law school) as she spoke about the law school's sexual harassment code, repeatedly emphasizing how robust the school's code is. It traces genealogy of terms "sex", "gender" and "sexual harassment" and their connotations in contemporary times.
From APU Conference 2013 : On right to welfare
This morning we are at APU's Conference 2013 on Right to Welfare: Education, Food and Work. The focus seems firmly set on India and here is the list of papers. My colleague and I find the conference note to be high on theoretical quotient with respect to thinking on institutional and legal fronts - about … Continue reading From APU Conference 2013 : On right to welfare
Alernative Dispute Resolution & Legal System Reform in India
This is the summer of dreaming dangerously (yes, Zizek too is in the summer reading list). I have been trying to pack in three different projects in this summer plus a travel in the subcontinent. Here goes a brief on the first internship at the Bangalore Mediation Center in Bangalore on mediation as a method … Continue reading Alernative Dispute Resolution & Legal System Reform in India
Construction Workers and Amendments to BOCW Act
A few months back, I was studying the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 which is the first formal and exclusive piece of legislation which provides for social welfare of the construction workers in India. Questions explored were - what explains such poor work, health and social conditions in which the construction workers live? … Continue reading Construction Workers and Amendments to BOCW Act
Sociology of Law & Labour Welfare
I have been studying the building and construction workers in Bangalore as a part of an academic research for over six months now. The study emerges from a simple observation that many of us might have made commuting around in this city - that what explains such poor work, health and social conditions in which … Continue reading Sociology of Law & Labour Welfare
Law, our social world and obeying the law
This morning, an interesting question was posed, which I learn is also a point of start in first year of law degree programs in India. It is- What is law in our social world? A related question that I was grappling with earlier was if we have an obligation to always obey the law. Both … Continue reading Law, our social world and obeying the law
Studying Environmental Law in India
We had an interesting discussion this afternoon on approaches to study environmental law. We lead into this subject from ecology and development perspective. It does not examine environmental law as an area of practice in law but as an exploration of ecological, environmental issues from the legal perspective. The difference must be noted upfront. In … Continue reading Studying Environmental Law in India
Contested Realities 