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Hiren Gohain
Culture of Assertion Versus Culture of Discussion
10 Sep 2020
The attacks on dissent are a starting point of despotism, which eventually abolishes freedom of speech.
Subhash Gatade
Has Indian Democracy Been Facebooked?
06 Sep 2020
Those who disagreed that the internet would challenge dictatorships have been proven right.
Hiren Gohain
Of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
04 Sep 2020
The tendency to conceal vital information and declare rivals enemies of the state is hurting Indian democracy.
Pratik Patnaik
From Jesus to Jayalalithaa: Can the 'Majority' be Wrong?
26 Aug 2020
Is democracy just the rule of the majority, or is it something more than that? The author, a practicing advocate and an ardent believer in constitutionalism, breaks down the puzzle of rule by numbers…
Hiren Gohain
‘Scandalising’ the Courts
17 Aug 2020
Is it possible that a mere tweet, even by an influential person, can discredit an institution that is in sound health?
Hiren Gohain
New Exploitation Policy
03 Aug 2020
These education “reforms” will deepen class-divisions and widen disparities. The NEP is a bad omen for our democracy.
Badrinath Rao
UP Ordinance: Recovering Damages While Running Over Constitutionalism
29 Jul 2020
Why target only activists and dissenters for destroying public property? Why not make big business also pay for repeated land grabs and plundering of public resources?
Seema Guha
Muscle-Flexing Indian Vigilantes Imitate What They Hate
25 Jul 2020
This Hindutva-inspired extremism will be disastrous for India as Pakistan and Afghanistan’s experiences show.
Newsclick Report
Rowling, Atwood, Rushdie Among Over 150 Writers Warn Against Rising ‘Forces of Illiberalism’
09 Jul 2020
“The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away,” says an open letter.
Aijaz Ashraf Wani
Has ‘Normalcy’ Made Kashmir More of an Exception?
27 Jun 2020
Continuous insistence on normalcy changes neither the Valley’s past nor the present.