Reclaiming Narratives: Dalit Literature and the Legal Recognition of Historical Injustices
Introduction Dalit literature, born of the lived lives of India’s historically subordinated masses, is both witness and resistance. Emerging from the day-to-day lives of caste-based exclusion, humiliation, and structural violence, these works reverse dominant literary and historical narratives long marginalizing…
Analysing how the evolution of International Human Rights Law has impacted Global Governance
The term “Human Rights” in its simplest sense refers to the benefits that are conferred onto us, just by the virtue of being a human. These rights are reflective of the basic standards of life that must be made available…
Personal Laws and Gender Justice: The Need for Reform in Religious Norms
INTRODUCTION India’s personal laws concerning marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption and maintenance reflect the country’s rich cultural diversity. These laws create a complex structure of rights and duties by drawing on various communities’ customs and traditions. Although the goal of this…
From Silver Screen to Supreme Court: Bollywood’s Portrayal of Lawyers and Legal Ethics
Introduction Cinema in India is not just a form of art or entertainment—it is a cultural phenomenon that shapes public consciousness. Bollywood, with its massive reach, frequently tackles social and legal themes. However, when it portrays lawyers, courts, or legal…
Religious Conversions and Anti-Conversion Laws: Legal Protection or Political Polarization
Introduction The issue of religious conversions with its various legal interpretations and debates has been one of the hottest topics in human experience. International human rights law recognizes the freedom to choose and change one’s religion. Nevertheless, many countries have…
The Gender Pay Gap : A lacuna in the leadership equality
Introduction The gender pay gap is one of the most persistent issue in the gender equality. The unequal compensation between men and women for the equal work creates the inequality. Even after decades of struggle and development , women across…
Discrimination and bias in law
Law is an body which can both challenge and perpetuate the systemic discrimination in a society. On one hand existing laws unintentionally reinforce biasedness which leads to unequal outcomes for certain groups, communities or people and on the other hand…
Corporate Quotas: Towards Better Pay and Participation?
Introduction The UN Secretary-General called gender gap the ‘greatest human rights challenge the world faces.’ To battle this yawning gap, gender-based quotas, also known as corporate quotas have been adopted in several nations. This was first mandated as a testing…
The Environmental Burden of Social and Economic Inequalities
Netflix’s new series “Toxic Town” by Minkie Spiro is a stark reminder of the prices that ordinary citizens pay due to the negligence of authorities and private corporations and their reluctance to incorporate essential environmental safety standards in their operations,…
