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Rohin Bhatt

Calling the Constitution of India present-day Manusmriti is an unconscionable vulgarisation

In a new piece for The Leaflet wherem I dissect the claims that the constitution is a modern-day Manusmriti. You can read the whole piece...

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WHY WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPOSED UTERINE TRANSPLANTATION FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS?

Introduction Dr Narendra Kaushik created a buzz in the Indian media recently when he announced to the world when he announced that he...

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Bioethics: Where are we headed?

I recorded a talk with Dr. Binay Panda of JNU about Indian Bioethics, the Indian Constitution as a bioethical document and abortion...

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Why Indian Bioethicists Must Take an Anti-Hindutva Stand

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The...

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A Healthy and Bona Fide Critique of the New BCI Notification

Note: This was written prior to the BCI putting the rules in abeyance. Since then, a review panel is supposed to be constituted, but the...

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Personal Liberty, Khap Jurisprudence and The Myth of the Social Fabric

Introduction A bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to grant protection to a couple in a live-in relationship merely...

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A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi

"Feeling damned for the way you are born is hard enough. Having to protect those you love from the truth is harder still". When you grow...

Rohin Bhatt

LIES, AND DAMNED LIES: A RESPONSE TO TRUTHS AND TALES

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in...