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Secularism's Others: The legal regulation of religion and hierarchy of citizenship
(Edward Elgar Publishers, 2020-11-17)
The chapter sets out two contrasting models of secularism – one that is based on equal treatment of religion and the other which is based on complete separation between religion and the state. I demonstrate how these ...
Ask a Feminist: Gender and the Rise of the Global Right
(Chicago University Press, 2019-03-01)
Book Review: Pluralism and Democracy in India: Debating the Hindu Right edited by Wendy Doniger and Martha Nussbaum
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2016-11-11)
Gender Equality : Constitutional Challenges and Competing Discourses
(Oxford University Press, 2016-03-24)
In this essay I address the issue of equality in the context of postcolonial India and some of the structural and normative obstacles encountered by women when bringing constitutional challenges in the bid for greater ...
"Unruly Desires: Gay Governance and the Makeover of Sexuality in Postcolonial India"
(Taylor and Francis, 2015-05-15)
This chapter analyses whether queer desire has been liberated from the postcolonial closet and, if so, how the processes of the market and law have combined to bring about the emergence and legibility of queer desire and ...
Introduction: Gender and the Rise of the Global Right
(University of Chicago Press, 2019-03-01)
Feminism's Estrangement: Critical Reflections on Feminist Engagements with Law in India
(Oxford University Press, 2015-10-01)
In this chapter, I discuss some of the tensions that have plagued feminism and feminist engagements with law in India. I unpack the existential crisis that has seized contemporary feminism and explore the possible ways to ...