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Mental Health, Unlock, and Screen Fatigue: A guide to surviving the new “normal”
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed more than 260 countries into lockdown since March 2020. With strict regulations in place to combat the pandemic, physical distancing was made mandatory. This meant that…
The Law is dead, Long live the Law: The curious friendship of Ginsburg and Scalia
With Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s demise, we have lost a gem who inspired an idea of law not just within the United States but around the world. I’d like to…
Examining the Scope of Consent in the International Criminal Law of Rape
International criminal law is predicated on the objective of holding individual persons responsible for committing grave acts of violence. Although forms of sexual and gender-based violence have been part of…
Prevention Of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act, 2013: An Explainer
Whilst the Indian Penal Code defines rape and sexual abuse, the provision was unable to address all forms of sexual harassment. The grey area regarding sexual harassment at workplaces threw…
The Digital Accessibility Conundrum: a top-notch law firm’s fallacious legal interpretation and Government’s silence
‘Digital accessibility’ is to make digital content and services barrier-free, to enable the access of persons with disabilities to such resources at par with their non-disabled counterparts. Accessibility is one…
Of Love, Loss, Grief, and Vengeance: The Last Of Us Part II Review
Sujayendra Krishna takes us on a gruelling and emotional journey, though the world of The Last of Us Part II in this review. “If I ever were to lose…
That Summer of ’69: Remembering Stonewall
On June 28, 1969, at New York’s Greenwich village something extraordinary happened. Police raided a gay bar to arrest members of the LGBT Community. But that night, the patrons of…
Book Review: Riddles in Hinduism by Dr. BR Ambedkar
This book was not published while Ambedkar was alive, but was published by the Maharastra government in 1987. The Shiv Sena took offence and saw this as an attack on…
Indian Aces announces it’s first Asexuality Fest in Chennai & Bangalore in August 2018
Indian Aces is an award-winning collective of asexual folk from or in India. Started in 2014 and relaunched in early 2016, the community has grown by leaps and bounds. They…
Trumping the Taboo: Interview with Madhavi Jadhav, Founder ThatMate
Madhavi Jadhav is the Founder of ThatMate, a platform which aims to shatter myths and taboo associated with sexual and mental health among adolescents, a state-level boxer and a…