Pretence of Knowledge
SouryaRamblings on policy, institutions, incentives, law, society, and everything in between.
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It’s time for Police Reforms in India
[Originally written in 2021. Republished 2026]
On 26th March 2021, after months-long protests against police brutality, the city of New York, passed a law to end qualified immunity for the New York police department. In simple words, prev...
The flawed economics of banning exports
India has once again banned the export of sugar. Now the urge to do this is completely understandable. Unfortunately the consequences of such actions may cause long term problems.
Sugar prices are expected to go up after lower cane yi...
Why do Indian aircraft washrooms have an ashtray, if it's illegal to smoke?
The “Why do we..” series is a part of a small series, where I aim to compile all my social, political, institutional “WHY” questions, about how our world works, or for the matter, doesn’t work. It could be anything from a serious research t...
#WhyDoWe?: Why to Trucks have “OK” written behind them?
The “Why do we..” series is a part of a small series, where I aim to compile all my social, political, institutional “WHY” questions, about how our world works, or for the matter, doesn’t work. It could be anything from a serious research t...
That Summer of ’69: Remembering Stonewall
On June 28, 1969, in New York’s Greenwich Village, something extraordinary happened. Police raided a gay bar to arrest members of the LGBT Community. But that night, the patrons of the Bar and the neighborhood decided to do something that w...
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