What is new is the choking up of the channels of protest in the time of civic oppression. AdvertisingBut if social power is not fragmented, in the same way neither is the power of money — Indian capital was seldom a defender of liberty. It is undeniable that advocates of liberal institutionalism in India have always been uncomfortable with the grammar of civic protest. But now there are two challenges that make it difficult to enlist these demands in a broad-based protest against civic oppression. The advantage of this strategy is not just that others are complacent that they will not be the victims of civic oppression.

Source: Indian Express October 09, 2019 22:30 UTC