Saurav Das
@SauravDassss
Investigative Journalist / Law, Judiciary, Policy / Work Archive: http://sauravdas.in / Co-Founder @Climate_Front_
#StoryAlert 🚨 The much-awaited profile. 'Performative Justice: The equivocations of DY Chandrachud' The burden of expectation on an erudite man with a sophisticated demeanour was immense. But Chandrachud’s tenure “has been two steps forward, four steps backward, six steps…
Catholic commentator Pinesap has been fired from his job after his appearance on Jubilee debating Mehdi Hasan. Follow: @AFpost
Those who disgrace the office they hold always have disgraceful exits. No sympathy for Dhankar. As we sow… x.com/mukesh1275/sta…
The role of intellectuals is to challenge authority, not serve it.
#ColumnAlert 🚨 For the eighth ‘Case In Point’ for @frontline_india, I ask whether we are heading from “too much democracy” to “too much speech”, in light of Supreme Court’s new-found fancy for issuing “guidelines” on free speech. I raise five key points. Also... Link-…
Same lead judge. 1.5 years difference. No one knows on what basis such a stark difference in what they espouse. Vibe based jurisprudence.
India’s Parliament is in session and leader of the house is off on a world tour. Whatever happened to responsibility towards the parliament?
#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for a two-nation visit to the United Kingdom and Maldives. PM Modi will pay an official visit to the United Kingdom from 23 – 24 July. In the second leg of his visit, PM will undertake a State Visit to Maldives from July…
In a victory for transparency and free speech, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled in X’s favor to limit the U.S. government’s ability to issue gag orders. These gag orders prevent X from notifying the public when it receives government search warrants and…
Many congratulations to the @gupta_rekha government in Delhi for starting boating in East Delhi!
Apparently, in 2025, “reading Wikipedia and watching a podcast” now qualifies you as a historian — as long as you yell about “Indic frameworks” and tweet in caps. So let’s talk, slowly and academically, about why formal training in history is, in fact, necessary.
Hilarious how the left morphs into the Oxford Admission Committee every 6 months bc they are upset these 3 bypass them to speak to millions. Meanwhile, they get free pass to peddle half-baked history & rewrite entire civilizations via twt threads. Apparently, the left hoodie…
Over 37,000 voters were removed from Arvind Kejriwal’s constituency. He lost by 4,000 votes. I guess 51 lakh is good enough number to decide the outcome
🔴 #BREAKING | "51 Lakh Voters Removed So Far": EC On Bihar Poll Roll Revision
#CaseInPoint | Can courts protect #FreeSpeech while designing its boundaries? The Supreme Court wants self-restraint, Maharashtra wants new sedition laws. Free speech may survive—just not the kind that questions power. @SauravDassss writes. frontline.thehindu.com/columns/mahara…
In 2012, when I worked with a Government organisation, we received a RTI query from one such accused. Good on them to use it well.
What a success story! RTI Act contributed significantly to ensuring that innocents were not punished for the Mumbai Train Blasts. The prosecution's case crumbled.