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Gendered State and Parochial laws: The Rape that a State Commits
Read more: Gendered State and Parochial laws: The Rape that a State CommitsBy – Manushree Mahat Abstract The gendered state spills over into law and policymaking when it comes to gendered-based violence(GBV)- which is predominantly observed in the language of sexual violence and rape laws. While the scope of definition of rape, and the severity of its consequential punishment has expanded over the years–it still remains largely…
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A Recipe for Cultural Transmission Across Time Zones
Read more: A Recipe for Cultural Transmission Across Time ZonesBy – Apoorva Lakshmi Kaipa Abstract In an age of technological disruptions and cultural fragmentation, the post-modernistic households and families learn to work between preservation and adaptation, proximity and distance, tradition and innovation. When my mom is making a specialty dish that she doesn’t normally make she immediately calls my grandma and asks what the…
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Protecting Women, Preserving Hierarchies: Paternalism and the Gendered Indian State
Read more: Protecting Women, Preserving Hierarchies: Paternalism and the Gendered Indian StateBy – Kadambari Chand Abstract This article conceptualises the idea that while the modern state’s policies are cloaked in the rhetoric of protecting women, in reality, they undermine their bodily and sexual autonomy, relegating them to the status of subordinate subjects of the state. This subordination is brought by using both formal legal systems and…
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Age, Ability, and Autonomy: Rethinking Vulnerable Data Subjects under India’s Data Protection Regime
Read more: Age, Ability, and Autonomy: Rethinking Vulnerable Data Subjects under India’s Data Protection RegimeBy — Srisoniya Subramoniam Abstract The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 is a comprehensive framework on data protection and mark a significant step in Indian legal history. Recent developments in the digital field have exacerbated the necessity for such frameworks. But the most vulnerable amongst them are the children and the disabled groups, who…
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When “Too Toxic for Europe” Finds a New Home: Miteni’s PFAS legacy and its move to India
Read more: When “Too Toxic for Europe” Finds a New Home: Miteni’s PFAS legacy and its move to IndiaBy – Varsha M Abstract In 2018, the closure of the Miteni chemical facility in Italy was a positive step by the state governments and was hailed a win in the fight against public health following decades of PFAS in the Veneto region of Italy. But the environmental effects of this plant were not limited…
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Digital Media Transforming Traditional Democracy
Read more: Digital Media Transforming Traditional DemocracyBy — Rianne Michael Abstract Social media has reconfigured how people engage with democracy. It has made communication and participation easier and instant. This paper examines how social media has transformed democracy from an institution-mediated to a digitally-networked model allowing political participation and legitimacy to be continuously produced through formal mechanisms, online interactions, visibility and…
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Informed Consent in the Age of Algorithms: Rethinking Consent under India’s DPDP Act
Read more: Informed Consent in the Age of Algorithms: Rethinking Consent under India’s DPDP ActBy — Sai Ruchitha Abstract India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023 makes ‘informed consent’ the central tenet of the legal processing of personal data. Nevertheless, the use of AI and machine learning calls into question the practicality of providing informed consent due to the lack of clarity and dynamism in machine learning technology…
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Risk as the New Inequality
Read more: Risk as the New InequalityBy — Hritika Mishra Abstract This article argues that current forms of economic disparity are also influenced by unfairly distributed risks of injustice, in addition to unequal incomes. Although economic inequality is often understood primarily in terms of differences between the rich and the poor, the fact is that a person’s exposure to risk in…
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Informed Consent or Legal Fiction? Digital Literacy and Privacy under India’s DPDP Rules
Read more: Informed Consent or Legal Fiction? Digital Literacy and Privacy under India’s DPDP RulesBy – Shreya Maheshwari Abstract Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, were notified on 14 November 2025. These rules aim to provide a citizen-centric framework for privacy protection by providing consent notices in simple language under SARAL principles of simplicity, accountability, authenticity, and lawfulness. This article argues that the requirement for a detailed itemised…
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Erosion, Eviction and Exploitation : How Vizhinjam Port Undermines Lives and Landscapes in Kerala
Read more: Erosion, Eviction and Exploitation : How Vizhinjam Port Undermines Lives and Landscapes in KeralaBy – Shreya Parameshwaran Abstract: The Adani Group’s Vizhinjam International Seaport in Kerala, India, exemplifies the conflict between unrestrained industrial ambition and the social and ecological realities of our time. From the very beginning of construction in 2015, the large-scale building of breakwaters and the dredging of the sea which continue today have caused and…
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X as a Diplomatic Battlefield: Twiplomacy and Narrative Power During the Israel–Hamas War
Read more: X as a Diplomatic Battlefield: Twiplomacy and Narrative Power During the Israel–Hamas WarBy – Shreya Maheshwari Abstract The swift development of digital technology has changed the character of international conflict by altering the balance of power and the strategic exchanges between superpowers. The article examines Twitter’s role as an informal diplomatic battlefield during the Israel Hamas war in Oct 2023. The article investigates the reshaping of diplomacy…
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Artificial Images, Real Harm: How Deepfakes Enable Gendered Violence
Read more: Artificial Images, Real Harm: How Deepfakes Enable Gendered ViolenceBy – Anisha Jyotirmayee Abstract: The rapid expansion of deepfake technology has introduced new forms of digital harm that disproportionately affect women. While deepfakes are commonly framed as a problem of misinformation, their most prevalent use recently has been the creation of different kinds of non-consensual sexual content, depicting a form of gendered digital violence.…
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