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A pictorial depiction of Krishna revealing the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna in the Mahabharata.

Was Lord Krishna a good mediator in the Mahabharata war?

The dispute between the Kauravas and the Pandavas that led to the Mahabharata war was one that cried out for settlement. And yet, all talks failed.

The difficulty with the Congress is the Rahul Gandhi question, in that he is neither consistently leading from the front nor quitting, doing one or the other sometimes, and sometimes doing both together.

In the Supreme Court of Erewhon: The unseen judge opines

The ‘Modi’ defamation case that got Rahul Gandhi sentenced to two years imprisonment and disqualified as an MP reaches Erewhon’s court.

Focus on judge gavel, Unrecognizable judge busy writing verdict or making notes from the book with gavel and balance scale on table

In Erewhon’s Court: Vacations for judges

Can limiting the time of judges at work can make the judicial system more efficient?

Job aspirants register at the counter during a job fair at the AJ Institute of Technology in Mangaluru on March 3. Offering a quota to the poor among the non-backward sections is the political establishment’s way of saying: if you cannot tamper with reservation, widen the basket so that more people fit in.

In Erewhon’s court: Of deprivation, past and present

The sixth judge says reservation must be phased out but by phasing out the need for it.

Illustration of a young girl in hijab

In Erewhon’s court: The case of the hijab

A fictional court delivers a fictional judgment on an issue that is all too real.

Samuel Butler, author of ‘Erewhon’.

In Erewhon’s appellate court

A fictional order from a fictional appellate board with 10 fictional members who seem very suited to real life.

English novelist and critic Samuel Butler.

In Erewhon’s court

A fictional account of a fictional judgment by a judge who for now only lives in the imagination.

The court of the Kancheepuram Judicial Magistrate.

What does the judiciary in India need as reforms?

A simple, wide-ranging wish list of reforms for India’s judiciary.

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