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Singular fixation on ‘caste census’ in autocratic governance: A transgender position

There can be no doubt that data, in its presence and absence, is an essential tool for understanding the world we live in. However, the current unchecked focus on collecting…

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April 21, 2025
Education / News

UGC-NET releases separate cut-off for transgender candidates for the first time in 2025: Is it enough?

On 23 February, 2025, the National Testing Agency (NTA) released its UGC-NET December 2024 cut-off list. The UGC-NET (National Eligibility Test) is the competitive exam that determines your acceptance into…

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March 2, 2025
Investigative Report / Movement / News

Casteist-transphobic rot of Kinnar Akhara and UP welfare board robbing trans persons of their rights?

This is a preliminary report on the status of trans rights in Uttar Pradesh in light of the most recent reports of casteism and transphobia by some powerful members associated…

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February 2, 2025
News / Policy

Karnataka guarantee schemes to be made accessible to transgender persons; transgender welfare board to be constituted soon

On January 18, 2025, the Vice Chairman of Karnataka State Guarantee Schemes Implementation Authority, S R Mehroz Khan assured the transgender community that he will work with the community and…

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January 19, 2025
Correspondence / Policy

Will Karnataka state protect transgender right to education?

On January 3, 2025 -- the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule -- I placed the following open representation to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah. The representation seeks intervention by…

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January 14, 2025
Education / Research

Domicile reservations, legal education, and conflicts of interest of judiciary

This is an argumentative piece looking at the concept of domicile reservations in Indian States from the specific perspective of National Law Schools. The purpose is to look at the…

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January 11, 2025
Intersex Rights

After relentless efforts of intersex activist Tamil Nadu government releases 2024 data on intersex births

As per a news report appearing in the Tamizh daily newspaper “Daily Thanthi”, the Tamil Nadu government has released, for the first time, the record of intersex births for the…

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January 6, 2025
Contemporary Trans History / Movement

Marking six years of the book burning protests against Nandini Krishnan’s Invisible Men

Six years ago, on January 10, 2019, the Socialist Students Union of Manipur (SSUM), ETA (Empowering Transgender Association) and Nupa Manba (transmen) and Nupi Manbi (transwomen) associations of Manipur conducted…

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December 27, 2024
Education / Research

One Nation One Subscription (ONOS): Dispossessing Ekalavya to feed Elsevier

Through what parliamentary process was a three-year outlay of 6000 crore of public money set aside to purchase academic subscription from global capitalist paywalled academic publishers? How and, more importantly,…

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December 10, 2024
Law

The SC sub-classification verdict not revolutionary, just majoritarian angst: A transgender review

(including a response to Anand Teltumbde’s proposed suppression of reservation benefits) Since the Supreme Court’s 6:1 verdict on sub-classification and “creamy layer” has come to pass there have been multiple…

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August 19, 2024
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