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Conservative Judicial Activism in the US

Vol. 58, Issue No. 25-26, 24 Jun, 2023

Termination of affi rmative action can only coincide with the elimination of racial inequality.

Is Caste a Private Matter?

Vol. 58, Issue No. 21, 27 May, 2023

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Fresh Challenges to the 50% Limit on Vertical Reservations

Vol. 57, Issue No. 47, 19 Nov, 2022
Alok Prasanna Kumar

The judicially imposed ceiling of 50% on vertical reservations in India has been questioned recently in two ways—the Supreme Court’s upholding of the 103rd Amendment Act, which allowed economically weaker section reservations beyond 50%, and the state legislations in Jharkhand and Karnataka, whic

Fragmenting the Principle of Reservations

Vol. 57, Issue No. 47, 19 Nov, 2022

The majority judgment of the Supreme Court favouring the 10% reservation quota for economically weaker sections (EWS) may be considered by some as a welcome step on the grounds that it addresses the question of economic disadvantage.

Charity, Not Parity

Vol. 57, Issue No. 47, 19 Nov, 2022

Upholding the EWS reservations exposes the Supreme Court’s limited understanding of social justice and equality.

A ‘Panchayat’ Too Good To Be True

Vol. 57, Issue No. 33, 13 Aug, 2022
Anisha George

Panchayat’s insightful portrayal of the quotidian aspects of rurality is marred by its unrealistic portrayal of caste in a Uttar Pradesh village.

Anti-Conversion Laws

Conversion in India is a debate which goes back to the formation of the Constitution, which explicitly states the freedom of individuals to choose their religion. States are now bringing in laws which make it harder for people to convert their religion. In this reading list, we delve into the issue of conversion and anti-conversion law.

Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions

Vol. 57, Issue No. 3, 15 Jan, 2022
Akancha Singh, Shaurya Srivastava

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NEET: Eligibility for What and Entrance for Whom?

Vol. 56, Issue No. 42, 16 Oct, 2021
Yazhini P M

The NEET institutes an ecosystem of exclusivity and skews the composition of those who can access medical education.

 

March for Backwardness

Vol. 56, Issue No. 28, 10 Jul, 2021
Rajagopal Devara

Overviewing the historical trajectory of the demand for the reservations for Marathas, the background conditions for such demand are sought be explained. The nature of the agitation for reservations and the political response to the agitation are analysed.

 

Reservations, Efficiency, and the Making of Indian Constitution

Vol. 56, Issue No. 19, 08 May, 2021
Anurag Bhaskar

The notion that reservation is contrary to efficiency and merit has been invoked consistently. Even the Supreme Court of India seems to have agreed withthis proposition in  some judgments, as it held that Article 16(4), which provides for reservation in services, would be limited by Article 335, which mentions the term “efficiency of administration” in the Constitution. This paper explores the Constituent Assembly Debates to show that the Constitution framers did not subject reservations to the test of efficiency or merit. In addition, “efficiency of administration” mentioned under Article 335 cannot be treated as an exclusionary construct, as it was done in pre-independence era.

 

The Impossibility of ‘Dalit Studies’

Vol. 54, Issue No. 46, 23 Nov, 2019
Ankit Kawade

The meaning and implications of the presence of “Dalit studies” in the pedagogical content of higher education in India need to be analysed. “Dalit studies” seeks to intervene into such a space of pedagogical practices and institutional policies in higher education which may have grudgingly accepted the physical presence of the Dalit through affirmative action, but which has nonetheless historically overlooked the thought of the Dalit.

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