Increasing use of Sedition law to muffle dissent

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15-02-201935 STORIES

Creating the enemy

The politics of “nationalism versus sedition” is a Sangh Parivar project to essentially divert attention from the failures of the government and enthu

Misplaced disinvestment

The NDA government’s disinvestment programme is turning out to be one in which surpluses are wrung out of public sector enterprises in order to suppor

Desperate charge

The filing of the charge sheet in the JNU sedition case three years after the incidents in the university is an attempt to build a narrative of “us vs

Instrument of oppression

The charge sheet against 10 persons in the JNU case brings into focus the sharp rise in sedition cases filed in recent years, which can be attributed

The Law Commission on sedition

Caste as capital

The book makes important observations on the relevance of caste affinities for minority caste groups, such as the Padma Saliyars, whose trade interest

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