BY MARIA POPOVA “In disputes upon moral or scientific points,” Arthur Martine counseled in his magnificent 1866 guide to the art of conversation, “let your aim be to come at truth, not to conquer your opponent. So you never shall be at a loss in losing the argument, and gaining a new discovery.” Of course, this isn’t what happens…

Fali Nariman-The Peerless V. Sudhish Pai 24 Feb 2024 9:45 AM Listen to this Article “Lawyers in India never retire; they simply drop dead”, remarked Fali S. Nariman. He proved the truth of that remark. Agile and active for his 95 years till February 20, Fali, as he was affectionately known across the board, was…

Advances in Archaeology Allow Us to Understand Political Evolution and Social Change in Deep Time Via Gary M. Feinman and David M. Carballo of Human Bridges “Western society is largely in the grips of an entrenched mythology that premodern non-Western states and empires were organized despotically, markedly different from how humans govern themselves in the…

FEBRUARY 23, 2024 GAUTAM BHATIA [This is a guest post by Kieran Correia.] On 15 February, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court handed down judgement in Association for Democratic Norms v Union of India, popularly known as the Electoral Bonds Case. Two opinions were issued – the majority opinion authored by Chandrachud CJI, joined by Gavai, Pardiwala, and Misra…

No. 8 | Journalism on trial   Dear friend, As Western powers fuel a genocide in Gaza that has killed scores of journalists and crushed press freedom across Palestine, journalism itself was put on trial this week.   On Tuesday and Wednesday, the London High Court sat to hear Julian Assange’s extradition case to the…