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Electoral victory cannot legitimise everything that the government does, says former SC judge Chelameswar

“If people do not stand up and fight for their lives and liberties, no document, no Constitution can save their lives and liberties”

The Hindu · Aug 6, 2022

Singapore executions under scrutiny as more hanged for drugs

Questions being asked over speed of executions, legal representation, and the ethnicities of the condemned.

Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2022

Socrates and Plato matter far too much to be left just to Britain’s elite

My favourite subject at school was Philosophy. I loved it because it showed me that many of the questions I lazily pondered at night — such as why we should do right over wrong, and how we know who we are — have been vigorously debated for thousands of years.…

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2022