The preventive detention of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka raises troubling questions about police powers, executive magistrates, proportionality and the constitutional right to dissent.
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Lessons in Democracy: The Citizens have the Right to Question the Government
In a democracy, the citizens have the right to question the government.
Jantar Mantar: The Government Can Close a Site, Not Silence a Democracy
Jantar Mantar was built to observe the heavens. For three decades, it gave citizens a place to challenge power on earth. Its closure raises an urgent question: can a democracy survive by pushing dissent out of sight?
Neha Bora: The Young Face of India’s Democratic Hope
From a 23-day hunger strike to the barricades of Jantar Mantar, Neha Bora has emerged as a striking voice of India’s youth, defending dissent, citizenship and the right to vote.
The Election Commission and the Credibility of Democracy
An election can change a government overnight. But if citizens begin to doubt the institution that conducts it, the damage can reach far deeper: it can shake democracy itself.
The Lathi and the Republic of India
Before Independence satyagrahis stood before a line of policemen with raised lathis. Nearly eight decades after Independence, that haunting image still asks uncomfortable questions of Indian democracy. The greatness of a democracy is measured not by the force it can command, but by the restraint it chooses to exercise.
