Iin the context of the ongoing Israeli war on Palestine resulting in civilian deaths, the Mumbai police has in effect imposed a de facto ban on any form of peaceful public protest by citizens demanding an end to the violence, including the holding of peace gatherings and prayer meetings, even candlelight vigils in public places like the Azad Maidan. In no other part of India do we see this sort of obstruction to the right to protest, as is being seen in Mumbai...
*PUCL Maharashtra once again notes with distress, that there appears to be a concerted attempt to silence peaceful protests against war and violence. PUCL Maharashtra demands an end to the excessive, continuous and restrictive imposition of prohibitory orders under Sec 144 of the CrPC and Section 37 of the MPA. These orders, ostensibly issued to maintain public order, actually result in a curb on the constitutional right to public protest or gatherings and instead facilitate the criminalization of peaceful and democratic protests. This creates a chilling effect, amounts to censorship and is against the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression, association and assembly. PUCL Maharashtra reiterates its demand that the legitimate right of citizens to protest be protected fiercly in the interest of our nation which is built on the fulcrum of that very right. for the full statement
At Adda| Conversation with Ashis Nandy| Life of Ashis Nandy: Nation, Narration & Psychoanalytics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aLveVbDdEU Galp Lok Apr 20, 2022 #Marx #Freud #Nationalism
Ashis Nandy is an Indian political psychologist, social theorist, and critic. A trained clinical psychologist, Nandy has provided theoretical critiques of European colonialism, development, modernity, secularism, Hindutva, science, technology, nuclearism, cosmopolitanism, and utopia. He has also offered alternative conceptions relating to cosmopolitanism and critical traditionalism. In addition to the above, Nandy has offered an original historical profile of India's commercial cinema as well as critiques of state and violence.
कांग्रेस और उसका हिंदुत्व | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yuCTRTa--k Qurban Ali The Caravan Magazine Nov 18, 2023
In this episode of The Caravan Baatcheet, host Vishnu Sharma talks to senior journalist and author Qurban Ali on the Congress party’s Hindu card. Qurban Ali wrote an extensive article in our October issue, explaining how the Congress legitimised the Sangh’s communal politics. During Indira Gandhi’s era, especially after 1977, the Congress deviated from the ideology developed during the Independence movement, and began appeasing Hindu majoritarianism. It was during this time that the Congress openly started playing the Hindu card—Indira revived the Vishva Hindu Parishad, extended support to the Hindu Mahasabha and facilitated a Virat Hindu Sammellan through Karan Singh, to name just a few instances. This trend continued during Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure, who won the 1984 election on a blatant Hindu card, leading up to the opening of the lock of the Babri Masjid.
The Hindu Card: How the Congress legitimised the Sangh’s communal politics https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/how-congress-legitimised-sangh-communal-politics