I am delighted to announce that we have started a new project tentatively titled “The Rule of Law Project” at DAKSH. The initial focus is on collecting and organising data regarding the...
DAKSH and India Together have jointly instituted the DAKSH-India Together Fellowship to encourage data journalism centered around elections. Two of our fellows have written insightful pieces, one on...
Usha Ramanathan delivered DAKSH’s second Constitutional Day Lecture on November 26, 2013. A brief summary and the recording of the lecture is now posted here.
The Daksh – India Together Election 2014 Data Journalism Fellowship Call for Applications Oorvani Foundation, a non-profit media foundation that supports independent public affairs...
DAKSH, the Bangalore based accountability group that I work with, has announced a Legislation Drafting Challenge for college students. The competition is open to students across all disciplines. The...
India Together has published a small piece by me titled, Law Justice and the Placebo of Compensation. I argue that the practice of announcing compensation following tragedies is counterproductive and...
Pratap Bhanu Mehta delivered a fantastic lecture titled ” The Great Churning:India’s Progressive Moment?” on November 26, 2012 in Bangalore. The occasion was the inaugural...
I was flabbergasted to read about the fake courts in Coimbatore. The economics of an illegal act generally means that there has to be a substantial benefit, monetary or otherwise, from such illegal...
DAKSH, a group I am associated with released its 2009 report on Democracy and Governance in Karnataka. The summary reports and part of the full reports are available here. The final full report will...
Outlook Website has a copy of Prashant Bhushan’s affidavit in the contempt matter against him in the Supreme Court. It makes interesting reading. I will not say more on it for the moment as it...