Apr 30, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Jinee Lokaneeta The police have claimed that lie detectors, brain scans, and narcoanalysis (the use of “truth serum,” Sodium Pentothal) represent a paradigm shift away from physical torture. A major feature of the Weberian, rational bureaucratic state...
Jan 13, 2020 | Politics & Society
By Ben Goldson A new citizenship law in India has sparked demonstrations across India, with protestors angered by the legislation’s exclusion of Muslim refugees. With the Supreme Court delaying its ruling on the law’s constitutionality until early next year, the...
May 25, 2019 | Politics & Society
By Sekhar Bandyopadhyay Is a new India emerging? Sakhar Bandyopadhyay explains what Narendra Modi’s election victory means for the world’s largest democracy. In the 2019 election to the 17th Lok Sabha lower house of the Indian parliament, the National...