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Vinay Sitapati

Assistant Professor, Political Science and Legal Studies at Ashoka University

Development & Votes in these Elections: 5-part series

On May 12, 2014 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

I’ve spent the last 1.5 months writing a 5-part election series for the Indian Express, called “Vikas Vote”. I travel to constituencies across India which have seen big improvements in one development indicator each. I …

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Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots

On February 3, 2014 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

In today’s Indian Express, I’ve written this piece on Narenda Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots

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Activism (legal and otherwise) of the Hindi newspaper, Patrika

On July 5, 2013 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

I guess this recent piece of reportage of mine, for the New York Times – India Ink, falls in the “Other Things” category of this blog. Though it does chronicle how the formidable Patrika newspaper …

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CBI autonomy and the Courts

On May 15, 2013 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

In this article in today’s Indian Express I argue that the courts are not the answer to bringing about CBI autonomy. The initiative has to come from Parliament. 

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Obituary of Justice Verma

On April 25, 2013 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

Here is my obituary of Justice Verma in today’s The Indian Express. (This is the another link). Express also carried this obituary by Soli Sorabjee and another by Seema Chishti

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SC Novartis judgment is pro-innovation

On April 4, 2013 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

In this article in today’s Indian Express, I argue that the recent Supreme Court judgment in the Novartis’ case is very much pro-innovation, but tries to weed out marketing gimmicks from patent protection. This blog …

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Narendra Modi’s right to free speech

On March 11, 2013 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

My piece in The Indian Express a couple of days ago on controversy over Modi speaking (then not) at Wharton. I argue that those against Modi speaking misunderstood the role of a university. 

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Promotion Quota Bill

On December 24, 2012 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

In this op-ed in today’s Indian Express, I add my own perspective on the promotion quota bill. Among other things, I argue that (a) there is no comprehensive data that conclusively establishes under-representation of Dalits …

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The Fear of Balasaheb Thackeray

On November 20, 2012 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

I wrote in yesterday’s The Indian Express on Balasaheb Thackeray. Im sure the arrest of two bloggers today will attract this blog’s attention.

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Does the Jan Lok Pal Bill reflect ‘We the People’?

On August 22, 2011 By Vinay Sitapati In Uncategorized

In the latest episode of Barkha Dutt’s ‘We the People’, I argue that the Anna Hazare movement is driven by the urban middle-class, and this is reflected in the peculiarities of the Jan Lok Pal …

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