Karnataka confidence vote; misuse of 'lathi charge'; dark times for ASI; and more.

[View this email in your browser]( Top Story [BJP Places Confidence Vote in RSS Man As Karnataka Speaker]( Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta [In 2011, the Supreme Court had faulted K.G. Bopaiah's partisan decision to disqualify dissident BJP MLAs and bail out Yeddyurappa, who was chief minister at the time.]( [The Archaeological Survey Bears the Beleaguered Face of Indian Heritage]( C.P. Rajendran [The ASI finds itself strangulated by a majoritarian preference for certain interpretative frameworks of Indian culture, a dearth of innovative spirit and declining funds.]( [Karnataka Confidence Vote: What We Know, What We Don't Know]( The Wire Analysis [If he manages to induce defections from Congress and JD(S) MLAs, then the anti-defection law which was meant to check horse-trading will not prevent Yeddyurappa from clinging to power.]( [After September Blocks, Modi Govt's Twitter Removal Requests Become a Steady Trickle]( Anuj Srivas [Instead of sending out large requests to Twitter to have certain tweets and accounts blocked, the Modi government appears to be going back towards its piece-meal approach of sending more frequent request letters but with fewer listed takedowns.]( [The Misuse of 'Lathi Charge' by the Indian Police]( Wajahat M. Jilani [Employing 'lathi charge' to crush protests and demonstrations has been inherited from the legal framework used by the colonial police. To adapt to modern times, police personnel must be trained better in using the force.]( [The Trials and Tribulations of the Andaman Fisheries]( Vardhan Patankar [In a time of dwindling stock, why are Andaman fisherfolk still spending time and money trying to catch fish?]( [Nepal Left Parties Merger: How the Political Behemoth Came to Life]( Biswas Baral [Maoists, liberal communists unite after a delay of months to form the Nepal Communist Party which controls 174 seats in the 275-member parliament and is considered to be closer to China than India.]( [Appointment of Yeddyurappa Rests on False Assumption About Governor's Powers]( P.D.T. Achary [The practice of appointing a chief minister without a majority and asking him to prove his majority has no sanction under the constitution.]( [Pakistan's Transgender Rights Bill Is a Small Step Towards a Big Leap]( Xari Jalil [In Pakistan, where discrimination and violence against the trans community has thrived for years, will the passing of a recent Bill that gives the country's transgender citizens their fundamental rights, change things for the better?]( [Why Does the Peregrine Falcon Risk Its Bullet-Like Dives to Catch Prey?]( Ronak Gupta [The bird is a marvel of evolution, a gifted raptor that uses its special advantages to reach dive speeds of over 300 km/hr.]( [Seeing the World Anew With Vivan Sundaram, Artist-Explorer]( Chitra Padmanabhan [Sundaram’s retrospective exhibition is but a commemorative pause, celebrating the rich vitality of an ongoing quest.]( Copyright © 2018 The Wire, All rights reserved. You're getting this email because you recently subscribed to receive email digests from The Wire via our website. Our mailing address is: The Wire 13, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg Gole MarketNew Delhi 110001 India [Add us to your address book](//thewire.us11.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6b988b13445248b1268a308f2&id=4808224841) Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](