Comments on: Is the Naz Foundation decision the Roe v. Wade of India? http://kafila.org/2009/07/06/is-the-naz-foundation-decision-the-roe-v-wade-of-india/ media | politics | dissent Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Why I Feel For B.P. Singhal « Kafila http://kafila.org/2009/07/06/is-the-naz-foundation-decision-the-roe-v-wade-of-india/#comment-6559 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:58:53 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=3000#comment-6559 [...] “homosexuality-as-contagious-virus” position. Because in one sense they are right. In his post Lawrence speaks of the radical politics of impossibility – the change in the law suddenly [...]

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]]> By: Jeebesh http://kafila.org/2009/07/06/is-the-naz-foundation-decision-the-roe-v-wade-of-india/#comment-6495 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:41:02 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=3000#comment-6495 Agreed lawrence that this judgement will open up many new directions. The judgement assertion of equality, liberty and inclusiveness to restraint State’s intervention into life will open up some fresh debates and latent wounds. The “right to be left alone” to develop one self so elegantly articulated in the judgement is something that should be thought through in relation to many other interventions of State in social life. Interestingly the judgement balances the individual and the group very well and could help many of our writers if they read it carefully. Agreed lawrence that this judgement will open up many new directions.

]]> By: Dr Anonymous http://kafila.org/2009/07/06/is-the-naz-foundation-decision-the-roe-v-wade-of-india/#comment-6493 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:26:02 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=3000#comment-6493 Sincere question:

The Naz foundation judgement once again makes the constitution worthy of our love and affection

Is this not a problem for those interested in full LGBT rights, women’s emancipation, land reform, recognition of regional and ethnic diversity, collective and not individual solutions to caste, etc? I completely embrace this decision in the current context AND think that we could do much better than what we have seen from India’s judiciary and politicians.

A greater emphasis on the role of social movements and social and economic realities would have been useful in this analysis as well, which tends to juxtapose the “political” vs. the “judicial” without taking into account the enormous and enormously powerful role of the social. This is not a “Naz foundation” case but in a very real sense the outcome of the work of many, many, many people in India and in some cases outside.

Peace.

]]> By: neha http://kafila.org/2009/07/06/is-the-naz-foundation-decision-the-roe-v-wade-of-india/#comment-6491 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:25:24 +0000 http://kafila.org/?p=3000#comment-6491 i like this comparative analysis because it focuses not solely on the text of the judgment bout other issues, which seemingly are peripheral in nature but have much larger implications for social structures and the societal way of living around. thank you for sharing.

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