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It is the freedom from other people’s expectations. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Gouri-Dange-16242/" class="person-name lnk">Gouri Dange</a></div></div></div></div><div class=" col-xl-3 col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-12 after-border-right"><div class="element"><div class=""><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/supreme-court-demolition-guidelines-right-to-shelter-due-process-officials-liability-justice-gavai-viswanathan-2024/article68874963.ece"><div class="picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/fl-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2bufo7/article68875095.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Demolition.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2bufo7/article68875095.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Demolition.jpg" alt="A bulldozer demolishes an ‘illegal construction’ in Jaipur. October 20, 2024. 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" data-device-variant= "LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~LANDSCAPE~PORTRAIT" class="media-object adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%" /></div></a><div class="content"><div class="label columns"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/supreme-court-demolition-guidelines-right-to-shelter-due-process-officials-liability-justice-gavai-viswanathan-2024/article68874963.ece">LEGAL ACUMEN</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/supreme-court-demolition-guidelines-right-to-shelter-due-process-officials-liability-justice-gavai-viswanathan-2024/article68874963.ece" title="Updated: November 16, 2024 12:40 IST Published: November 16, 2024 12:06 IST"> Supreme Court lifts the veil on demolition as extra-judicial punishment</a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/supreme-court-demolition-guidelines-right-to-shelter-due-process-officials-liability-justice-gavai-viswanathan-2024/article68874963.ece"> In a people-centric judgment, the court demolishes “coincidence theory” as hollow, mandates due process to protect citizens’ right to shelter. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/contributor/V--Venkatesan-12416/" class="person-name lnk">V.Venkatesan</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="col-xl-3 col-lg-3 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-12"><div class="element"><div class="label columns"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/how-tomato-sauce-reflects-human-folly-lycopene-benefits-ketchup-history-food-industrialization-nightshade-homo-stultus/article68859183.ece">KITCHEN KATHA </a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/how-tomato-sauce-reflects-human-folly-lycopene-benefits-ketchup-history-food-industrialization-nightshade-homo-stultus/article68859183.ece" title="Updated: November 21, 2024 11:57 IST Published: November 15, 2024 10:00 IST"> Tomato: The berry with a wolf </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/how-tomato-sauce-reflects-human-folly-lycopene-benefits-ketchup-history-food-industrialization-nightshade-homo-stultus/article68859183.ece"> Both the tomato and the tomato sauce are about violence </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Kalpish--Ratna-20133/" class="person-name lnk"> Kalpish Ratna</a></div></div></div><div class="element"><div class="label columns"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/rohit-shetty-singham-again-police-force-ramayana-retelling-article-370/article68837303.ece">Counter Culture</a></div><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/rohit-shetty-singham-again-police-force-ramayana-retelling-article-370/article68837303.ece" title="Updated: November 11, 2024 22:42 IST Published: November 11, 2024 22:42 IST"> Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again is an epic cop-out </a></h3><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/rohit-shetty-singham-again-police-force-ramayana-retelling-article-370/article68837303.ece"> The movie, a forceful, joyless retracing of the Ramayana does a disservice to the very thing it purports to be in service of: the police force. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Prathyush-Parasuraman-16470/" class="person-name lnk">Prathyush Parasuraman</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></section><div id="piano-sec-subscribe-box"></div><div class="container" data-ga-label="More From"><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-9 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12 section-magazine author-more-stories result"><div><h2 class="section-sub-title mb-1" ><a class="featured-title" href="#_">More stories from Columns</a></h2><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/bjp-modi-aggresive-hindutva-language-jharkhand-assembly-election-2024-hemant-soren/article68841509.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/iw7g27/article68844413.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Prime%20Minister%20Narendra%20Modi%20at%20a%20rally%20in%20West%20Singhbhum%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/iw7g27/article68844413.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Prime%20Minister%20Narendra%20Modi%20at%20a%20rally%20in%20West%20Singhbhum%20" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in West Singhbhum before the Jharkhand Assembly election, on November 4. 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Chandrachud addresses the National Annual Stakeholders Consultation in New Delhi, September 28, 2024. " title="Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud addresses the National Annual Stakeholders Consultation in New Delhi, September 28, 2024. " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/cji-chandrachud-sanjiv-khanna-babri-masjid-modi-ganesh-puja-judicial-independence-supreme-court-controversy-analysis-2024/article68818625.ece" title="Updated: November 1, 2024 19:02 IST Published: November 1, 2024 15:17 IST"> Justice Chandrachud’s tenure ends with critical questions about judicial independence and conduct</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/cji-chandrachud-sanjiv-khanna-babri-masjid-modi-ganesh-puja-judicial-independence-supreme-court-controversy-analysis-2024/article68818625.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/cji-chandrachud-sanjiv-khanna-babri-masjid-modi-ganesh-puja-judicial-independence-supreme-court-controversy-analysis-2024/article68818625.ece"> The 50th CJI came promising judicial reform but exits leaving a legacy of compromised independence and diminished institutional credibility. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/contributor/V--Venkatesan-12416/" class="person-name lnk">V.Venkatesan</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/indian-rupee-crisis-2024-democracy-index-currency-decline-modi-economic-policy-foreign-investment/article68809159.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/xujwcl/article68809176.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/INDIAN%20RUPEE.JPG" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/xujwcl/article68809176.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/INDIAN%20RUPEE.JPG" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="After the demonetisation debacle of 2016, currency in circulation dropped to Rs.13.35 trillion the year after. Photo for representation." title="After the demonetisation debacle of 2016, currency in circulation dropped to Rs.13.35 trillion the year after. Photo for representation." class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/indian-rupee-crisis-2024-democracy-index-currency-decline-modi-economic-policy-foreign-investment/article68809159.ece" title="Updated: November 8, 2024 13:45 IST Published: October 29, 2024 16:22 IST"> For India’s rupee now, comparisons are better done from the bottom than the top</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/indian-rupee-crisis-2024-democracy-index-currency-decline-modi-economic-policy-foreign-investment/article68809159.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/indian-rupee-crisis-2024-democracy-index-currency-decline-modi-economic-policy-foreign-investment/article68809159.ece"> Once measured against strong currencies, India’s falling rupee finds new peers in struggling economies like Turkey and Iran. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Mitali-Mukherjee-21709/" class="person-name lnk">Mitali Mukherjee</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/le-corbusier-chandigarh-architecture-the-open-hand-capitol-complex-sukhna-lake/article68786265.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/tguaye/article68786236.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Open_Hand_Monument_in_Chandigarh.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/tguaye/article68786236.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Open_Hand_Monument_in_Chandigarh.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="The Open Hand Monument in Capitol Complex, Chandigarh. " title="The Open Hand Monument in Capitol Complex, Chandigarh. " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/le-corbusier-chandigarh-architecture-the-open-hand-capitol-complex-sukhna-lake/article68786265.ece" title="Updated: November 5, 2024 18:12 IST Published: October 28, 2024 18:36 IST"> Empty hands: Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh between symbol and reality</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/le-corbusier-chandigarh-architecture-the-open-hand-capitol-complex-sukhna-lake/article68786265.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/le-corbusier-chandigarh-architecture-the-open-hand-capitol-complex-sukhna-lake/article68786265.ece"> Today, its modernist symbols—from the towering Open Hand Monument to the unused Pit of Contemplation—float like ghostly ideals. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Prathyush-Parasuraman-16470/" class="person-name lnk">Prathyush Parasuraman</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/west-bengal-sc-st-obc-reservation-quotas-lower-than-most-states-mamata-banerjee-trinamool/article68786878.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/v8abrb/article68795692.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Mamata%20Banerjee.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/v8abrb/article68795692.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Mamata%20Banerjee.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool have never been enthusiastic about a caste census. " title="Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool have never been enthusiastic about a caste census. " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/west-bengal-sc-st-obc-reservation-quotas-lower-than-most-states-mamata-banerjee-trinamool/article68786878.ece" title="Updated: November 5, 2024 20:23 IST Published: October 28, 2024 17:38 IST"> West Bengal’s ‘casteless’ myth</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/west-bengal-sc-st-obc-reservation-quotas-lower-than-most-states-mamata-banerjee-trinamool/article68786878.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/west-bengal-sc-st-obc-reservation-quotas-lower-than-most-states-mamata-banerjee-trinamool/article68786878.ece"> Three privileged castes control politics, culture, and education in the State, where 45 per cent of the reservation belongs to SC/ST and OBCs. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Saba-Naqvi-18938/" class="person-name lnk">Saba Naqvi</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/economics-nobel-2024-acemoglu-johnson-robinson-colonial-development-theory-institutions-inequality-critique/article68786843.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/dr1uy2/article68786912.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Nobel%20Prize%20for%20Economics%20being%20announced%20at%20the%20Royal%20Swedish%20Academy%20of%20Sciences" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/dr1uy2/article68786912.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Nobel%20Prize%20for%20Economics%20being%20announced%20at%20the%20Royal%20Swedish%20Academy%20of%20Sciences" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="The Nobel Prize for Economics being announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on October 14. " title="The Nobel Prize for Economics being announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on October 14. " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/economics-nobel-2024-acemoglu-johnson-robinson-colonial-development-theory-institutions-inequality-critique/article68786843.ece" title="Updated: November 1, 2024 17:24 IST Published: October 26, 2024 13:35 IST"> 2024 Economics Nobel winners sanitise colonial history through economic theory</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/economics-nobel-2024-acemoglu-johnson-robinson-colonial-development-theory-institutions-inequality-critique/article68786843.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/economics-nobel-2024-acemoglu-johnson-robinson-colonial-development-theory-institutions-inequality-critique/article68786843.ece"> Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson’s thesis on institutional development ignores colonialism’s systematic exploitation and wealth transfer. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/C-P--Chandrasekhar-12422/" class="person-name lnk">C.P. Chandrasekhar</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-commission-power-covid-vaccine-ukraine-war-policy-brussels-bureaucracy/article68763696.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/a2lucj/article68763714.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/European%20Commission%20President%20Ursula%20von%20der%20Leyen.jpg" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/a2lucj/article68763714.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/European%20Commission%20President%20Ursula%20von%20der%20Leyen.jpg" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting in Brussels, Belgium, October 16, 2024. " title="European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting in Brussels, Belgium, October 16, 2024. " class="media-object lazy adaptive placeholder lazy" width="100%" height="100%"/></div></a><div class="content"><h3 class="title" ><a href=" https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-commission-power-covid-vaccine-ukraine-war-policy-brussels-bureaucracy/article68763696.ece" title="Updated: October 18, 2024 14:24 IST Published: October 17, 2024 15:50 IST"> Meet Europe’s new ‘emperor’, Ursula von der Leyen</a></h3><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-commission-power-covid-vaccine-ukraine-war-policy-brussels-bureaucracy/article68763696.ece"><div class="sub-text"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/ursula-von-der-leyen-eu-commission-power-covid-vaccine-ukraine-war-policy-brussels-bureaucracy/article68763696.ece"> How an unelected bureaucrat seized control of the European Union and now dictates the continent’s policy on everything from vaccines to war. </a></div><div class="by-line"><div class="author-name"><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/profile/author/Susan--Ram--21883/" class="person-name lnk">Susan Ram</a></div></div></div></div><div class="element row-element "><a href="https://frontline.thehindu.com/columns/indian-cuisine-chilli-pepper-history-capsaicin-addiction-spice-intolerance-vasco-da-gama-columbian-spices/article68727906.ece" target="_blank" ><div class=" picture storyline"><img src="https://assetsfl.thehindu.com/theme/images/th-online/1x1_spacer.png" data-src-template="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/columns/uodm95/article68727909.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Chilli%20" data-original="https://fl-i.thgim.com/public/columns/uodm95/article68727909.ece/alternates/SQUARE_80/Chilli%20" data-device-variant="LANDSCAPE~SQUARE~SQUARE~SQUARE" alt="The chilli’s malice is ubiquitous. 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