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What a day. A stark reminder of some of the most outrageous acts of 2019 - the abrogation of Article 370, the reorganisation of J&K, the Supreme Court's Ayodhya judgment - and a testament to where we are, as a nation. A thread replugging some of my work on these issues. (1/8)
On Ayodhya, I had written for @EconomicTimes criticising the judgment:
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/ayodhya-verdict-what-still-lies-underneath/
At the time, I had referred to the Hagia Sophia in Turkey, and how that contested site was turned into a museum - a true exemplar of secular, republican imagination, which was
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/ayodhya-verdict-what-still-lies-underneath/
At the time, I had referred to the Hagia Sophia in Turkey, and how that contested site was turned into a museum - a true exemplar of secular, republican imagination, which was
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unimaginable in India. I had also noted that the Turkish President Erdogan intended to convert it into a mosque again. Last month, this is exactly what happened. In the not too distant future, we will be seeing pictures like these in India as well.
(3/8) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/24/erdogan-prayers-hagia-sophia-museum-turned-mosque
(3/8) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/24/erdogan-prayers-hagia-sophia-museum-turned-mosque
In a lecture at the Centre for Multilevel Federalism last November, I addressed the abrogation of Article 370, and the grounds on which the Centre's actions were constitutionally suspect. @transcultura
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@Arghya_justify, @AkshatAg18 and I also discussed this question on @Vidhi_India's Law & Politics Podcast, Justify, in an episode that was aptly titled 'Article 370 and Schrodinger's Cat.'
https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/podcasts/justify/article-370-and-schrodingers-cat/
The matter remains pending in court.
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https://vidhilegalpolicy.in/podcasts/justify/article-370-and-schrodingers-cat/
The matter remains pending in court.
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@AkshatAg18 and I wrote in @firstpost on the reorganisation of J&K, which accompanied the abrogation of A. 370: "Given the past history of relations between New Delhi and states, how governance plays out in Jammu and Kashmir and whether the people of Ladakh’s
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aspirations can be better realised through this route, will ultimately depend on the degree of cooperation between the parties."
https://www.firstpost.com/india/article-370-revoked-cooperation-between-centre-and-new-uts-of-jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-will-be-key-to-governance-realisation-of-aspirations-7139121.html
In the year that has passed, these relations have certainly not been typified by 'cooperation', to say the least.
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https://www.firstpost.com/india/article-370-revoked-cooperation-between-centre-and-new-uts-of-jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-will-be-key-to-governance-realisation-of-aspirations-7139121.html
In the year that has passed, these relations have certainly not been typified by 'cooperation', to say the least.
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All in all, a sombre, melancholic day in the life of our Republic. At the same time, it is a jubilant, triumphant day for many of my fellow countrymen.
A lot more work, to follow.
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A lot more work, to follow.
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