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New Insignia of the Supreme Court: Aesthetic shift and constitutional symbolism

New Insignia of the Supreme Court: Aesthetic shift and constitutional symbolism

Sept. 6, 2024 • Nitish Rai Parwani

Ashoka Stambha, with its symbolic richness, squarely fits in this description of an aesthetic insignia. However, replacing it with the icons of the ‘building of Supreme Court’ and the ‘book of the Constitution’ diminishes the insignia's aesthetic appeal


Free to Work: The Unfree Gig Workers of India

Free to Work: The Unfree Gig Workers of India

Jan. 17, 2024 • Architi Batra, London School of Economics and Political Science

This article examines the free market system of gig economy in India wherein temporarily associated ‘partners’ of an aggregator known as the gig workers are ‘free’ to choose when and where they work. But are they really free?