There are many laws in India that appear reasonable, fair and neutral on paper. They are framed as safeguards meant to prevent fraud, protect national interests, and ensure transparency. In principle, those are valid goals. But the real test of a law is not how it is written, but how it is implemented in practice.
In India today there is an increasingly troubling pattern of laws that claim to be neutral being used in ways that disproportionately affect certain groups, especially religious minorities.
Continue reading “When regulation becomes repression: The expanding question of state power in India”What begins as regulation slowly becomes repression. What is presented as accountability begins to look like control.