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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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.
Test of Democracy: Ram Rajya to Gandhi, Anna Hazare and Sonam Wangchuk
A government loses little by talking to peaceful protesters. It risks much by refusing to listen. For the true measure of a democracy lies not in the power a government wields, but in the dissenting voices it is prepared to hear.
While We Debate Citizenship, Heaven Waits with Open Arms
What is the real proof of citizenship or identity? Passport, Aadhaar or PAN card? The debate has become one endless game of ringa-ringa-roses. God, watching from above, must surely be amused that His children have forgotten their original address—in heaven.
Vijay’s Rise and the Hope of National Renewal and Change by India’s Younger Generation
The rise of C Joseph Vijay from child artiste to superstar to chief minister of Tamil Nadu is part of a national transformation and renewal by young Indians. Inspired by ideals of courage and integrity, young Indians are emerging as powerful agents of innovation and change.
