TopicDissent

Topic: dissent

Google accused of creating spy tool to crush dissent among its workers

Ryan Gallagher - 24 October, 2019

Google employees claim they discovered a tool that can be used to monitor workers’ attempts to organise protests and discuss labour rights.

Raghuram Rajan says governments should not suppress criticism, gets trolled

ThePrint Team - 1 October, 2019

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan argued for tolerance in India, saying people in authority should not stamp out dissent.

From Jinnah’s family to Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan thinks everyone is a foreign agent

Naila Inayat - 6 June, 2019

Those who differ with the state in Pakistan aren’t people with opposing viewpoints but foreign agents.

Election Commission can learn from Supreme Court on what to do when there’s dissent within

Vinayak Dalmia - 21 May, 2019

The content of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s dissent note against PM Modi is less important than making it part of public records.

Left ‘irrelevant, meaningless’, dissenting EC Ashok Lavasa boycotts poll panel meets

Sanya Dhingra - 18 May, 2019

Ashok Lavasa was the sole Election Commissioner who dissented with the clean chit given to PM Modi this month in multiple cases of alleged model code violations.

How Modi govt did the opposite of ‘Vikas, Vikas, Vikas’ by clamping down on dissent

John Elliott - 8 May, 2019

Institutions, media, activists and NGOs have all had to face the ire of the Modi government for not toeing the line.

Both EC Lavasa & Justice Chandrachud couldn’t change outcomes, but dissent is dharma

Nitin Pai - 7 May, 2019

Lavasa is next in line to become CEC and Justice Chandrachud a future CJI. While difficult, a vindictive govt or chief justice can damage their prospects.

SC judges & EC officials must dissent but not harm institutions’ repute: Ex-IAS officer

Anil Swarup - 7 May, 2019

As the Election Commission’s current status shows, public dissent brings disrepute; there are honourable ways of settling disputes.

India & Pakistan have established ‘English rule without the Englishman’

Pankaj Mishra - 4 May, 2019

By enforcing colonial-era laws & using technology for illiberal causes, India and Pakistan are no different from the British when it comes to quashing dissent.