The text of Derozio’s sonnet To India – My Native Land, a note on the poet’s short life, and a line-by-line reading of its images of lost glory.
Category: India
Dance Bars Reopened
On the courts reopening the dance bars: shutting them changes nothing, and prostitution should be legalised so the trade can be regulated and taxed.
Legalizing Live-in relationships: My Views
The case for law taking an interest in live-in relationships in India, covering protection of women, abandoned babies and the abolition of sati.
Reservation Issue
A post to a Career Launcher discussion board arguing that caste-based quotas keep the caste system alive, and that vote-bank democracy blocks real reform.