Ep 05: Art, Resistance and Criminal law

In the 5th episode of Jack of all knowledge, I talk to Hamsini Marada, lecturer at Jindal Global Law School, around a range of issues regarding how art and law interact with each other. We talk about how art is used as means of resistance, about how protest art works, what happens when provocative art attracts obscenity laws & the paradigm of free speech in India with respect to freedom to indulge in art. We also talk about her experience as a judicial clerk at the Delhi HC, how teaching has changed due to the pandemic, and the recent criminal law reforms commitee. Hamsini has done her BSL LLB from ILS Pune, and then went on to do her LLM from University of Cambridge. She's interested in Comparative Constitution Law, Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics & Criminal law.