Controversial Questions
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Controversial Questions Day 80: Should dowry cases have more scrutiny to prevent misuse?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 80: Should dowry cases have more scrutiny to prevent misuse? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Supreme Court quashed …
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 79
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 79 Is India’s patriarchy uniquely resistant to change? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court declined to criminalise marital rape, citing the "san…
Controversial Questions Day 78: Should hijab be permitted in government schools?
Day 78: Should hijab be permitted in government schools? THE STAKES In February 2022, six Muslim girls in Karnataka’s Udupi district were barred from entering their government pre-…
Controversial Questions Day 77: Is female foeticide a cultural problem or an economic one?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 77: Is female foeticide a cultural problem or an economic one? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court directed…
Controversial Questions Day 76: Should LGBTQ+ partnerships have legal recognition?
Day 76: Should LGBTQ+ partnerships have legal recognition? THE STAKES In October 2023, the Supreme Court of India declined to legalise same-sex marriage, instead directing Parliame…
Controversial Questions Day 75: Is the two-child policy proposal a population control tool or a minority targeting tool?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 75: Is the two-child policy proposal a population control tool or a minority targeting tool? THE STAKES In June …
Controversial Questions Day 74: Should marital rape be criminalized?
Day 74: Should marital rape be criminalized? THE STAKES In May 2024, the Delhi High Court delivered a split verdict on petitions challenging the exception in Section 375 of the Ind…
Controversial Questions Day 73: Is India’s #MeToo moment over — and why?
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — 100 QUESTIONS THAT DIVIDE THE NATION Day 73: Is India’s #MeToo moment over — and why? THE STAKES In October 2023, the Delhi High Court quashed a sexual h…
Controversial Questions Day 72: Should sex work be decriminalized in India?
Day 72: Should sex work be decriminalized in India? THE STAKES In August 2024, the Supreme Court of India began hearing a petition challenging the constitutionality of the Immoral …
Controversial Questions Day 71: Was the triple talaq ban genuine reform or political targeting?
Day 71: Was the triple talaq ban genuine reform or political targeting? THE STAKES In April 2024, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a fresh challenge to the 2019 law criminalising i…
Controversial Questions Day 70: Is the IT cell model — armies of online partisans — a threat to democracy?
The Great Indian Debate — 100 Questions That Divide the Nation Day 70: Is the IT cell model — armies of online partisans — a threat to democracy? THE STAKES Last month, the Suprem…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 69
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 69 Should Doordarshan be made genuinely independent? THE STAKES In June 2024, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a directive to Door…
Controversial Questions Day 68: Is satirizing the PM a free speech right or a legal risk?
Day 68: Is satirizing the PM a free speech right or a legal risk? THE STAKES In April 2024, stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was denied bail by the Supreme Court after spending ov…
Controversial Questions Day 67: Did the repeal of Section 66A go far enough?
Day 67: Did the repeal of Section 66A go far enough? THE STAKES In May 2024, the Supreme Court reprimanded the Centre for failing to curb the misuse of defamation laws and colonial…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 66
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 66 Is paid news India’s most underreported scandal? THE STAKES In April 2024, the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued notices to two regional n…
Controversial Questions Day 65: Should social media platforms be more or less regulated in India?
Day 65: Should social media platforms be more or less regulated in India? THE STAKES Last month, the Delhi High Court summoned X (formerly Twitter) over its refusal to remove posts…
Controversial Questions Day 64: Are fact-checkers politically neutral or ideologically captured?
Day 64: Are fact-checkers politically neutral or ideologically captured? THE STAKES Last month, the Supreme Court stayed the government’s IT Rules amendment that empowered a centra…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 63
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 63 Is WhatsApp the most dangerous political tool in India? THE STAKES In June 2024, a viral WhatsApp forward falsely claimed that a Muslim man had po…
Controversial Questions Day 62: Should NDTV’s acquisition by Adani concern citizens?
Day 62: Should NDTV’s acquisition by Adani concern citizens? THE STAKES In February 2023, the Adani Group completed its acquisition of a 64.7% stake in NDTV, one of India’s last ma…
Controversial Questions THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 61
THE GREAT INDIAN DEBATE — DAY 61 Is Indian mainstream media functionally state media? THE STAKES Last month, the Editors Guild of India released a report on the 2024 general elect…