The Child Rights Clinic (“CRC”) at O.P. Jindal Global University hosted a webinar series on “Children’s Rights in the Indian context” over the course of the semester. The CRC was established in the midst of the pandemic in 2020 by Prof Ajay Pandey, Jindal Global Law School and focuses on Continue Reading
Perspectives
Experiments in Online Teaching – Lessons from the Pandemic
The ongoing pandemic has affected us all. While some sectors have been affected more than others, none more so than education. Schools and colleges have traditionally been spaces of close, intimate learning – ripe breeding grounds for respiratory illnesses. As a result, schools, colleges and other educational institutions were one Continue Reading
Learning from Students: A Teacher’s Account at the Journalism School
By Saba Naqvi I started teaching at the Jindal School of Journalism & Communication as a visiting professor in February 2019. As a journalist with three decades of experience, I was uncertain about whether I would take to teaching, and more important, would the students be able to learn from Continue Reading
Interview with Ms. Moulika Arabhi, WWF India on LLM Environmental Law, Energy, & Climate Change
“There are only a handful of environmental lawyers in India today, and we definitely need more.” Be the ‘Enviro-Legal Expert’ the world needs—apply now for an LL.M. in Environmental Law, Energy & Climate Change Environmental challenges are rapidly rising. From sinking coastlines to smoggy skies and shrinking forests, the world Continue Reading
Prof. Danish Sheikh of JGLS Talks About his Work in the Fight against Section 377 and Describes the Scope of the Revolutionary Supreme Court Judgement
“History owes the LGBT community an apology for their sufferings,” said Justice Indu Malhotra, a part of the five-judge bench, which delivered the landmark judgement to decriminalize homosexuality in India. The battle against the draconian section 377 went on for decades. From the petitioners, lawyers in the court, activists and Continue Reading
Kamala Mills & Bawana Fires: When Socio-Economic Status Of Victims Dictates Scale Of Outrage And Action
–By Sumeet Mhaskar, Associate Professor, Jindal School of Govt & Public Policy When at least 17 people were killed after a fire broke out at a firecracker factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana industrial area, no major outrage followed it, no heads rolled. The recent fire at the Above1 pub located Continue Reading
Should India give up its number one Test team title?
The hurt, as Virat Kohli himself said, is less in the defeat, than in the lack of fight. -By Rahul Jayaram, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts If losing the Test series in South Africa – while working to disintegrate in a co-ordinated manner by running themselves out, throwing Continue Reading
What Bibi Netanyahu Might be Thinking When he Walks Into Sabarmati Ashram
-By Dr Khinvraj Jangid, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of International Affairs Much of the ongoing business between India and Israel is more and more about this defence deal of missile or that deal of arms. Gandhi is good though for rhetoric and pretences. Two perpetual needs for diplomacy. Yet, one Continue Reading
The spectre of war
–By Professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School Iran-US relations have been paved with mistrust and mutual misperceptions since the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the subsequent hostage crisis. As such, the ill-will that has existed between the two governments has been building for years. It is not going Continue Reading
Air pollution: Without alternatives, penalties against stubble burning will never work
-By Sriroop Chaudhuri and Mimi Roy, Professors, Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities Stubble burning is an age-old practice in Haryana and Punjab. Official sources claim it has been curbed recently through regulations, bans, penalties and surveillance. Recent satellite imageries from Nasa’s Global Fire Mapper, however, reveal that stubble burning Continue Reading