In the run-up to the repeal of the three farm laws, the debate has centred around the potential cost of MSP on the taxpayer. The numbers have ranged from “trillions of rupees” in the coming decade, to “Rs. 17 Lakh crores” to “Rs. 3.8 Lakh Crores” to “Rs. 1.4 Lakh Crores” to “Rs. 36 Thousand…
Payal Chawla No recovery of drugs was made from the person of Aryan Khan. There is no evidence of consumption. The entire case sought to be made out against Khan is on the basis of alleged WhatsApp chats. These are the facts, as we know them from publicly available information. In these circumstances Khan’s detention…
Sexual intimacy is between consenting adults. An act without consent is an act of violence. Consent can be withdrawn at any stage. No means no. ‘No’ is not a ‘yes’. ‘Maybe’ is not a ‘yes’. Watch my insights on the meaning of sexual consent in conversation with Meeta Gutgutia of #SippingThoughts Sukirti (Suki) Gupta
Indian arbitration is on a slow road to death, like much around us. As we struggle to grasp the enormity of the unfolding human tragedy, there is no mind-space, even to spare a thought to the monetary calamity set to befall us. The economy will require many measures for its revival in the time to…
Payal Chawla, said the judgement was “not just character assassination, it’s a massacre of her character. The woman partying in a bar and dancing with a drink in her hand seemed to have irked the judge. It seems like the young woman’s morality was on trial, and not whether there had been a rape. It…
In recent weeks Chushul has been in the news. It has the highest airfield in the world. This airfield was built in 1961. Our father and his friend since Kindergarten, Col. Trilok Mehrotra, were part of the elite force that build the airfield. When winter set in, they were both sent to Nagrota, a town…
