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Hisory of Dissent in India
Online Resrouces

July 2020

Disagreements, dissent and protests are as old as human civilization. In India, there has been a robust tradition of dissent in various forms. Let us look at some online resources and links on dissent in India. Click on the links below to reach the resource:

History of Dissent, Narayani Gupta
https://thebookreviewindia.org/history-of-dissent/

Dissent and Protest in the Early Indian Tradition, Romila Thapar
https://newsclick.in/dissent-and-protest-early-indian-tradition

The cautious dissent
https://thestatesman.com/supplements/the-cautious-dissent-166446.html

India and the Plurality of Dissent, Ashok Vajpeyi
https://archive.indianculturalforum.in/2017/06/20/india-and-the-plurality-of-dissent/

The Criticality of the Right to Dissent, Amartya Sen
https://sabrangindia.in/article/criticality-right-dissent

Protest Centrals: A brief history of dissent in the national capital
https://indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/protest-centrals-a-brief-history-of-dissent-in-the-national-capital-1632729-2019-12-31

Epic and History: Tradition, Dissent and Politics in India, Romila Thapar, Past & Present
https://jstor.org/stable/pdf/650859.pdf?seq=1

Against Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics (The Terry Lectures Series), Wendy Doniger
https://amazon.com/Against-Dharma-Sciences-Politics-Lectures/dp/030021619X

Criticism is not sedition, Ajit Prakash Shah
https://thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/criticism-is-not-sedition/article29611491.ece

When books in India acted as voice of dissent
https://onmanorama.com/lifestyle/books/2018/12/23/when-books-in-india-acted-as-voice-of-dissent.html

The Dissent of Nazrul Islam: Poetry and History, Priti Kumar Mitra
https://amazon.co.uk/Dissent-Nazrul-Islam-History-Paperbacks/dp/0198063245

Paradigms of Dissent and Protest: Social Movements in Eastern India (c. AD 1400-1700), Basanta Kumar Mallik
https://www.amazon.in/Paradigms-Dissent-Protest-Movements-1400-1700/dp/8173045224

India’s Public Order Acts: Dissent and democracy, Christopher Finnigan, LSE
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2019/06/11/indias-public-order-acts-dissent-and-democracy/

Eclipsing Dissent and Democracy? Santosh Paul
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/eclipsing-dissent-and-democracy/

State, Civil Society, and the Right to Dissent: Some Thoughts on Censorship in Contemporary India, Vinay Lal
https://tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14736489.2014.938995

India: Assassinating Dissent, Mukul Kesavan
https://nybooks.com/daily/2017/09/15/india-assassinating-dissent/

Revisiting the Indian Tradition of Public Dissent, Dr. Anirban Ganguly
https://vifindia.org/article/2011/june/24/Revisiting-the-Indian-Tradition-of-Public-Dissent

The Right to Dissent is the Most Important Right Granted by the Constitution: Justice Gupta
https://thewire.in/law/right-to-dissent-constitution-justice-deepak-gupta

Stifling Dissent, The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in India
https://hrw.org/report/2016/05/24/stifling-dissent/criminalization-peaceful-expression-india

Right To Dissent Is Essential To Democracy, Criticism Can’t Be Termed Anti-National: Supreme Court Judge
https://bloombergquint.com/law-and-policy/right-to-dissent-is-essential-to-democracy-criticism-can-t-be-termed-anti-national-sc-judge

Stifling dissent : the criminalization of peaceful expression in India
https://loc.gov/item/2016449337/

Gandhi, the champion of the right to dissent, Rajmohan Gandhi
https://livemint.com/news/india/gandhi-the-champion-of-the-right-to-dissent-11569937809153.html

Sedition Law: Crushing Dissent in India since 1833
https://cjp.org.in/sedition-law-crushing-dissent-in-india-since-1833/

Performing Women: Theatre, Politics, and Dissent in North India, Nandi Bhatia, OUP
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Performing_Women.html?id=KrU_bwAACAAJ

Loyalty and dissent, How did Indian soldiers respond to the First World War?
https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/loyalty-dissent/

Meet the poets of dissent who critique the establishment and call for change, Namrata Joshi
https://thehindu.com/entertainment/music/meet-the-poets-of-dissent-who-critique-the-establishment-and-call-for-change/article30470619.ece

A Treasure Trove for Dissenters (Review on 'India Dissents')
https://thewire.in/books/ashok-vajpeyi-india-dissents-review

This list is in progress. Please let us know if you know of some good archive on the Internet which concerns us and we may have missed. Please report if you find any dead links.

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