What Is The Kafala System?

By Deputy Editor, Surabhi Chhikara What do the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 1970 oil boom and the recent release of the film Aadujeevitham (Goat Life) have in common? They all relate to the Gulf countries and more precisely to the kafala system- a legal framework that has brought both wealth and tears to migrant labourers [...]

Rethinking Red Lights: Economics Of Prostitution Laws

By Simran Panesar, Deputy Editor 5 minute read From one of the world’s oldest professions comes one of the oldest legal debates-Should prostitution be decriminalized, or even further, legalized? This has been an intensely debated issue in political, legal and economic circles with a wide range of opinions. Through the course of this article, we [...]