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Suchitra Vijayan

How Indian jail authorities prevent political prisoners from communicating with their loved ones

An excerpt from ‘How Long Can the Moon Be Caged?: Voices of Indian Political Prisoners’, by Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia.

Suchitra Vijayan
&
Francesca Recchia
· Jul 12, 2024 · 06:30 am
What the stories of the people who live at India’s borders tell us about the country’s history

An excerpt from ‘Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India’, by Suchitra Vijayan.

Suchitra Vijayan
· Feb 11, 2021 · 08:30 am
Amit Shah’s ‘migrant termites’ speech echoes leaders around the world who orchestrated mass violence

It also signals the Indian elite’s willingness to use hate as a political ideology, and strategy.

Suchitra Vijayan
· Oct 02, 2018 · 08:00 am

How the triple talaq judgement was in many ways a wasted opportunity

Though it declares instantaneous triple talaq unconstitutional, the verdict misses the chance to assert that personal laws cannot override fundamental rights.

Suchitra Vijayan
· Aug 28, 2017 · 12:30 pm