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“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world.”

Dr Muralidhar: We need a strong and vigilant bar as much as we need independent judges at all levels. We talk of independent judiciary only the High Courts and Supreme Court. What about that magistrate working in those trying conditions? Feeling so much pressure not just from…

'Many years later, as I faced the deadline for writing this review, I was to remember that distant afternoon when Márquez showed me the Spanish manuscript of Chronicle of a Death Foretold and then refused to let me read the novel until its publication.' nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

The framing of PEN America as some poor little embattled beacon of liberty would be hilarious if it wasn’t so disgusting rn. Their CEO is a literal warhawk who is paid $450k off the backs of writers’ work. But yes you’re the ones being silenced and threatened. Cry me a river

The wait is over! Join us for our very first session of the #SuitablyBooked Book Club this May, as we discuss the highly acclaimed ‘Black River’ by Nilanjana Roy (Nilanjana Roy 📚🦊). Shortlisted for The Crime Writers’ Association Award, ‘Black River’ is a magnificent work of literary fiction.

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Newsletter klaxon!

Outtakes from two weeks spent on the Rahul Gandhi beat in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Contents: cucumbers, first-principles conversations, a song, and 'Raag Darbari.'

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Wait til the high schools start popping

Rajnath Singh says that recruits to the Agnipath scheme could find work in 'paramilitary forces' and 'big industrial houses.'

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Thought of this while reading about removal of felony counsel restriction in 1830s britain. If you need lawyers for addressing juries on trespass, you damn well need one for murder proved a good argument 200 yrs ago. It should have done the trick in 1950. Perhaps it will in 2050.

You can get lawyers to defend cheque bounce cases, trespass, parking disputes, traffic challans.

But art 22 of the constitution denies you a lawyer to contest a preventive detention order sending you to jail for months (if not a year) without trial.

Transformative indeed.

A observation from when I was reporting for the book: The strongest defence of the Constitution came from people who knew they could not take survival for granted. They held on to samvidhan like it was a life vest. The pushback to its alteration is not surprising.

Rahul Gandhi talking about women's housework as unpaid labour, in all his rallies, should get the attention it deserves.

I speak with Karan Thapar and The Wire about the political situation today. I argue that while the ruling party’s authoritarian methods are worrisome, their majoritarian beliefs may be even more harmful to the future of our Republic.
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I completely agree with james crabtree! Rahul Bhatia has produced a landmark book about India, beautifully written, morally incisive. Little, Brown UK PublicAffairs

This is a wonderful refrain about freedom (azadi), popular in India during the moment when brave students of JNU took on the Indian state. It is nice to see Indian revolutionary fervor getting exported to other campuses. 1/2

BIG NEWS: NY State leaders agree on landmark, bipartisan plan to help counter the collapse of community news – $30 million in employment tax credits for news outlets. First in the nation. Most significant state effort yet.

Palomi Ghosh and Adil Manuel rehearsing for Churchgate Street ‘66. Watch this space.

Just write it, is a great way to live the writer's life. It gets the job done

I also really like Stephen Graham Jones' answer to 'What do you do when you get writer's block?'

'I lower my writing standards.'

Watch, feel, get em moving anyways
I aimed to write 100-200 words a day. Sometimes a couple hundred more.
And after 1-2 ponderous months I had a 10K long story. And the words were mostly ok and the characters strong, surprising, and full of stupid life.
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