What happens when a government silences dissent, excludes minorities, and still wins elections - over and over again?

Authoritarianism is rising - but not without consent. Across the world, the story is eerily similar: populist leaders dismantling democratic safeguards, while deepening emotional legitimacy.

In this episode, LAOT Editors Hamza Khan and Bharati Challa speak with political theorist Prof. Ajay Gudavarthy about the strange contradiction at the heart of Indian democracy today.

This conversation dives deep into the politics of self-worth, community, fear, storytelling, and power; and asks whether we can imagine a better story.

In this episode of the Law and Other Things podcast, hosts Vishnu and Hamza speak with renowned author and scholar, Professor Karthik Muralidharan from the University of California at San Diego. Professor Muralidharan provides a brief overview of his recently released book, Accelerating India’s Development, a State Led Roadmap for Effective Governance, and then dives into a deeper discussion of the chapter on “Federalism and Decentralization”. He argues that we must revisit the first principles of Federalism, and align our governance initiatives accordingly. He also gives some implementable suggestions for a progressive decentralization of governance in India. He further argues that delimitation presents both a challenge and an opportunity to revisit our federal structure.

LAOT Editors-in-Chief, Anushree Verma and Shravani Shendye interview Abhinav Sekhri and Gautam Bhatia on legal writing. Both Abhinav and Gautam run successful blogs - the Proof of Guilt and Indian Constitutional Law and Philosophy, respectively. Our EICs speak to them regarding their journeys with legal writing and advice for students interested in producing legal scholarship.