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The Idea of India: Civil Disobedience Was Never Terrorism
In 2020, a common strand linking India and the United States was the worlds largest and oldest democracies punishing their citizens for resisting injustice.
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CAA: Civil Disobedience Never Been Called Terrorism In India, Says Political Science Prof Neera Chandhoke
Political scientist Neera Chandhoke discusses the fallout of criminalising the anti-CAA protests on Mohandas Gandhis legacy and what the movement achieved.
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'Gandhi Would Be Grieved By India's Treatment Of Civil Disobedience Today'
In this interview, Mary Elizabeth King, an expert on nonviolent resistance, discussed how Mohandas Gandhi's civil disobedience influenced the American civil rights movement, and what he might think of India today.
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The Idea of India: Dalit Lives Matter
The forced cremation of a Dalit woman marked a new and macabre low for India.
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'Humiliated And Angry': Veteran Dalit Rights Activist Ruth Manorama On Hathras And A Week Of Horror
Ruth Manorama, who founded the Federation of Dalit Women in 1995, discussed the crimes in Hathras, endemic casteism and fighting back.
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The Idea of India: A Day That Will Live In Infamy
On 5 August, 2020, the Bharatiya Janata Party fulfilled a large part of its Hindu majoritarian agenda.
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The Idea of India: Delhi Riots, Delhi Heroes
Four acts of bravery and fortitude.
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The Idea of India: A Tribute To Shaheen Bagh
We look at Shaheen Bagh now, wondering how this leaderless protest, fronted by grandmothers and mothers from Muslim families, blossomed into a battleground for secular values.
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Shaheen Baghs Women Have Transformed Who Speaks For Indias Muslims, Says NYU Anthropologist
Dina M. Siddiqi, a professor of anthropology at New York University, says the monopoly of religious men and cherry-picked politicians speaking for India's Muslims has been broken.
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Shaheen Bagh's Contagious Freedom Lets Us Imagine The Nation We Can Be
The protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens shows we can stare down police brutality, stand up to oppression, and free ourselves from the shackles that bind us.
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