TopicDissent

Topic: dissent

Threatened with ‘Christmas gift’, Karima Baloch’s death leaves more questions than answers

Naila Inayat - 25 December, 2020

Living in exile doesn’t mean a peaceful life for Pakistan's human rights activists. And mysterious deaths like Karima Baloch’s only add to the distress.

The method in the madness of ‘jhatka’ policymaking

Shivam Vij - 2 December, 2020

‘Jhatka’ policymaking is designed to upend the existing social contract, create a new one.

NCRB 2019 data shows 165% jump in sedition cases, 33% jump in UAPA cases under Modi govt

Leah Verghese - 12 October, 2020

In recent years, sedition and UAPA have been weaponised against critics of the govt. National Crime Records Bureau’s recently-released data confirms this.

Unity is not conformity — India should know that as Prashant Bhushan is convicted for contempt

Makarand R. Paranjape - 23 August, 2020

India is a criticism-surplus society, but one trip to China or Singapore will tell you why its much better than a robotic society.

Right to dissent most important, majoritarianism is antithesis of democracy: SC judge Gupta

Debayan Roy - 24 February, 2020

Supreme Court judge Deepak Gupta says dissent today is seen as anti-national, but govt and country are two different things; calls for judiciary to be impartial in decision-making.

Why electorally secure Modi govt cracked down on CAA protesters so brutally

Amit Ahuja - 8 January, 2020

Total number of anti-CAA protesters won't be more than 10 lakh. By contrast, BJP had 22.9 crore voters come out in its support during 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Arun Jaitley’s close friends working to revive OPIUM — to ‘discuss, disagree, debate’ again

Maneesh Chhibber - 28 December, 2019

Arun Jaitley was a prominent member of OPIUM, an informal group of 60-odd old DU students who are now trying to revive it as a ‘homage’ to their friend.

Bombay HC judge stands up for students’ right to dissent amid widespread protests

Debayan Roy - 18 December, 2019

Bombay High Court judge Gautam Patel says any govt that claims to be dedicated to the Constitution, democracy, has nothing to fear from giving its institutions autonomy.

In Modi’s opposition-mukt India, JNU must remain the Eternal Protester

Kaveree Bamzai - 16 November, 2019

JNU is more than Kanhaiya or Shehla. But the university, which stood for diversity and democracy, has been unmade, in TV debates, in toxic tweets and casual chatter.