Issue 22

Limelight | The Steven Pinker Interview: The power of the wealthy is a real problem in democracies,

Dr. Steven Pinker is a Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. A widely celebrated academician...

Limelight | The Gopal Subramanium Interview: The law is being controlled by politics whereas the law

Mr. Gopal Subramanium is a Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India. After completing a degree in law from the University of Delhi,...

Fair Skin, India and the Makeup Industry

Colourism in India and Across the World Of all the inherent cultural and social contradictions that exist in India, the one that really...

What’s Your Totem?

The fascinating aspect about dreams is not what is unreal, but the parts which are so real that we can’t confront them when we’re awake....

Here at heart, the colours of Gangaur

Gangaur is one of the most important festivals of people of Rajasthan. Here, womenfolk worship Gauri, the wife of Lord Shiva during...

Ten Years of NLU-O

With this year’s passing, National Law University Odisha turns 10 years old since its establishment through the State Act (Act 4) in...

Two Sides of Different Coins

“For women, the need and desire to nurture each other is not pathological but redemptive, and it is within that knowledge that our real...

Greek Antiquity & Early Vedanta Philosophy

It is not hard to find similarities between philosophers across times. This article however, does not seek to establish a definite...

Are Successful People Just Lucky?

Why are there “successful” people and what are the reasons they are successful, and others are not? Is it because of hard work and the...

The Selfish Nature of Altruism

When people consider altruism, they refer to acts of selfless compassion. To be altruistic is to go beyond the opportunistic nature of...

Netflix & the Choicelessness of Choice

With the advent of ‘modernity’, it has become crucial that we, as human beings, choose, and even more important aspect of it is that we...

Sabarimala & the Supreme Court’s Tryst with Religious Practices

James A.R. Nafziger, in his article titled ‘The functions of religions in the international legal system’, defines religion as a practice...

Review: Siddheshwari, and the Fictional Documentary

“I’ve given up representation, and taken up fragmentation.” Robert Bresson’s film theory can be paraphrased to divide film into two types...

Cinematic Language and Themes in Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’

The movie ‘Her’ was subtitled as ‘A Spike Jonze Love Story’ across all promotions at the time of its release. Watching the movie, it...

AADHAAR: Big Brother is Officially Watching Us

“It is better to be unique than the best. Because,being the best makes you the number one, butbeing unique makes you the only one.” The...

Section 497: An Affair to Remember

Among its latest feats, the Supreme Court of India has struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code (‘IPC’) and its procedural...