Vijay Nair recounts his visit to the Washington, D.C., which prompted thoughts on peaceful protest, book burning, and Hitler in India.
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Vijay Nair explores the outrage from India’s citizens over police corruption and brutality in connect with two high profile rape cases.
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The deaths of student activists Sudipto Gupta and Subhojit Das have Indian citizens concerned about freedom of expression in the world’s largest democracy.
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In a keynote address first presented at the Jaipur Literary Festival, Basharat Peer discusses his personal experiences with censorship in India.
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In India, writers and activists are subject to blatant misappropriations of law, while those with political connections get leniency.
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This week: circumventing Internet censorship with Tor, Burmese newspapers going daily, and analyzing Chinese government’s censorship of Weibo posts.
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This week: author Chinua Achebe on free speech in Nigeria, the graphic memoir Persepolis is banned in Chicago, and Ai Weiwei is the face of dissidence in China.
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Vijay Nair explores Manipur through an improvised play, human rights violations, dramatic protests, and a local’s memory of childhood.
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On a trip to India, Tienchi Martin-Liao meets with the Dalai Lama and discovers how Tibetans and the Indian government co-exist peacefully in Dharamsala.
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Vijay Nair discusses how Kashmir is painted as a romantic wonderland in Bollywood films, though in reality it has become a place of violence and injustice.
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