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I belong to the Constitution of India: Indira Jaising on the launch of her memoir The Constitution Is My Home
9+ hour, 59+ min ago (237+ words) The evening brought together a wide-ranging discussion between Jaising and senior journalist Sreenivasan Jain, followed by a keynote address by Justice B. V. Nagarathna of the Supreme Court of India, and a video message from Chief Justice of India Surya Kant. "I…...
Understanding Sycophantic AI models: Why your AI is telling you what you want to hear " Part 1
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (553+ words) IN MAY 2025, people noticed something off about the new Chat GPT " less smarts, more sugarcoating. To a person who suggested stopping medication and walking out from home; the bot shot back with encouraging praise. Experts raised eyebrows fast. Not long…...
Judgement Summary: Kerala High Court rules trans man cannot be denied right to freeze his eggs before gender reaffirmation surgery
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (614+ words) The Leaflet Judgement Summary: Kerala High Court rules trans man cannot be denied right to freeze his eggs before gender reaffirmation surgery The Court recognised the petitioner's identity as male while holding that his biological status as a woman, until…...
Sabarimala Reference | Nine-judge Constitution Bench reserves judgment
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (595+ words) ON THURSDAY, a nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant concluded sixteen days of hearings in the Sabarimala Reference and reserved judgment. On Wednesday and Thursday, the last two days of hearings,…...
B. R. Ambedkar's 'Problem of the Rupee': A TWAIL Reading
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (881+ words) The Leaflet B. R. Ambedkar's 'Problem of the Rupee': A TWAIL Reading B. R. AMBEDKAR'S The Problem of the Rupee: Its Origin and Its Solution is a foundational anti-colonial text. Based on his doctoral thesis at the London School of Economics (LSE') and first…...
A Structure, Not a Prejudice: Reading Ambedkar's "The Untouchables'
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1127+ words) The Leaflet A Structure, Not a Prejudice: Reading Ambedkar's "The Untouchables' FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1948, "The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables?' is Ambedkar's attempt to answer a question that had, as he says, never seriously been asked....
Buddha or Karl Marx? : Exploring an intriguing inquiry by B. R. Ambedkar
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (313+ words) He opened with characteristic directness: "A comparison between Karl Marx and Buddha may be regarded as a joke." He acknowledged that Marxists would find it absurd to place their modern, scientific revolutionary alongside an ancient religious teacher - "Marx so modern…...
Reading Ambedkar in 2026: An Introduction
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (518+ words) The Leaflet Reading Ambedkar in 2026: An Introduction DR. AMBEDKAR has a living legacy in India today, unlike any other historical leader. His name is chanted in Jayanti rallies on April 14 where Dalits gather to sing, dance and celebrate. Across India,…...
Politics without social reform is a lie: Ambedkar's "Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (491+ words) What emerged from that evening was one of the most conceptually rich texts in Ambedkar's body of work. Published in 1943, after reviews had already condemned it, Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah is a dissection of his two famous contemporaries" a tribute…...
Ninety Years of "Annihilation of Caste: The wait for a democratic conscience in India
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1006+ words) The Leaflet Ninety Years of "Annihilation of Caste: The wait for a democratic conscience in India NINETY YEARS AGO TODAY, on May 15, 1936 " the undelivered speech, "Annihilation of Caste " was published. It was a seminal text on anti-caste literature, but also…...