S. Krishnan

Understanding the Ethnic Conflict in Manipur

July 24, 2023

The tribal dimension in the North Eastern socio-political landscape is one of the dominant issues. The flashpoint of Manipur is innately associated with the issue of tribal claims and aspirations. The supposedly disproportionate land holdings among the Meiteis, Kukis and Nagas have been the crux of the problem. This resentment...

US gun policy: Can firearms laws be effective?

March 4, 2023

As the number of mass shootings in America continues to rise, gun control — a term used to describe a wide range of restrictions and measures aimed at controlling the use of firearms — remains at the center of heated discussions among proponents and opponents of stricter gun laws. The United...

Understanding the ‘Boycott Bollywood’ trend

January 13, 2023

The idea of “boycott” was born in Ireland. Charles Cunningham Boycott was a British land tax collector whose ways were so despotic that peasants and farmers rose against him in the 1880s and, in “woke” parlance, they cancelled him, giving birth to the word “boycott”. Boycotts have since been used...

When movie monsters inspire real-life ones: Case of Shraddha murder

November 21, 2022

As new details tumble out about the macabre murder of 26-year-old Shraddha Walker by Aaftab Ameen Poonawala, who chopped her up into 35 pieces, it seems he picked up the dismemberment technique from the TV show Dexter. Dexter, is an American crime drama television series in which a forensic blood spatter...