Aakar Patel
Aakar Patel is a Patel is a syndicated columnist and former executive director of Amnesty International India.
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The state has a fondness for laws that are broad and draconian in their ability to detain people, such as laws on sedition and preventive detention. Free speech in India, while apparently guaranteed by the constitution, is in many cases forbidden in practice.
The state has a fondness for laws that are broad and draconian in their ability to detain people, such as laws on sedition and preventive detention. Free speech in India, while apparently guaranteed by the constitution, is in many cases forbidden in practice.
The triumphant rise of Modi’s once-obscure party and collapse of the opposition means Muslims have reason to worry – India no longer embraces secularism and diversity.
The triumphant rise of Modi’s once-obscure party and collapse of the opposition means Muslims have reason to worry – India no longer embraces secularism and diversity.
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