The profile was originally published in The Caravan magazine. Read here. {ONE} ON 13 MARCH 2016, the Allahabad High Court began a year-long celebration of its sesquicentennial anniversary. Among the five oldest high courts, it was established in 1866 and, today, stands as the largest, with a sanctioned strength of 160 judges. At the time, it…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. The petitions seeking recognition of same-sex marriage had reached their ninth day of hearing in the Supreme Court. The case, being a matter of constitutional importance, was being live-streamed on YouTube. The petitioners had already made their arguments as to why the court should recognise the…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. Deepa*, a 40-year-old doctor from Delhi was horrified when she got a WhatsApp message of her face morphed into an obscene picture earlier this year. “It was a disconcerting experience,” she told Decode narrating her experience of receiving harassing calls and messages from a loan recovery…
The article was originally published in Boom Live. Read here. Editor’s Note: For our Decode Voices section, we will be documenting personal experiences with the Internet and online platforms. Technology, privacy, law and policy will be touched upon through these stories. My phone buzzed. It was one of the many notifications on my Twitter that I…
The article was originally published in Boom. Read here. On a usual morning in September 2020, Tribhuvan, a daily wage labourer who lives in a village called Umari in Maharashtra, logged on to Facebook. As he scrolled through his feed, a catchy advertisement offering massive discounts on shoes, belts, and goggles caught his attention. The…