[dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecently, the issue of abolition of the orderly system came up in public discourse once again, this time owing to an incident in Kerala. The daughter of the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of Kerala assaulted the police driver, by repeatedly hitting him at the back of his neck, for coming late to pick her up from her morning walk. The Kerala government, in response to the public outrage that followed, suspended the ADGP, and said that it is … Continue reading Abolishing the Orderly System: Colonial relic feeds off hierarchies of caste and class within police rank and file