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What does the GN Saibaba case say about the state of India?
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Ashraf Engineer March 16, 2024 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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The walls are closing in on India’s democracy
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Ashraf Engineer December 23, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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Grim outlook for press freedom in India
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Ashraf Engineer June 10, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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‘Govt wants intellectual hegemony, hence the crackdown on academic freedom’
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Ashraf Engineer April 5, 2023 Academic freedom and institutional autonomy have declined significantly in India...
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‘Authoritarians want to capture institutions because they don’t want any division of power’
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Ashraf Engineer March 29, 2023 Among the various worries about, and threats to, Indian democracy...
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India’s shrinking academic freedoms
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The weaponisation of central agencies
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Ashraf Engineer March 11, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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The long, dark shadow of Section 153A
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Ashraf Engineer March 4, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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‘Elgar Parishad case defies logic, creates perpetual sense of disbelief’
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Ashraf Engineer February 8, 2023 The Elgar Parishad case, in which several activists have been...
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Why BBC documentary on Gujarat riots really angers Modi
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Ashraf Engineer January 28, 2023 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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World’s largest democracy is among the worst for journalists
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Ashraf Engineer August 20, 2022 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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‘We are witnessing the decay of the Indian judiciary in real time’
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Ashraf Engineer August 15, 2022 The steady decline of democracy, institutions and freedoms in India...
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Audio podcast: ‘Govt must have sensed SC would review or throw out sedition law’
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Ashraf Engineer May 25, 2022 Dr Kumar Askand Pandey, Associate Professor of Law at Ram...
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Audio podcast: ‘Key laws affecting citizens’ lives were passed without consulting them’
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Ashraf Engineer May 18, 2022 The Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy says the government should place a...
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Audio podcast: What farmers taught us about democracy and inclusiveness
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Ashraf Engineer November 27, 2021 EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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Turning the other cheek requires more courage than Gandhi-haters can fathom
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Tushar Gandhi November 18, 2021 Once again there are concerted attacks on Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi),...
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Audio podcast: ‘Absence of a personal data protection law is worrying in Pegasus case context’
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Ashraf Engineer November 17, 2021 The Pegasus case, in which several public personalities were tracked...
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Gandhi at Independence – Part 2: ‘From today, you have to wear the crown of thorns’
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This is the conclusion of a two-part series on how Gandhi spent the days leading...
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Gandhi at Independence – Part 1: ‘As long as my faith burns bright, I shall be alive in the grave’
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This is the first of a two-part series on how Gandhi spent the days leading...
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Audio podcast: Why the BJP government is targeting Amnesty International
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Ashraf Engineer July 24, 2021 PODCAST TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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Audio podcast: The space for dissent and freedoms is shrinking in India
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Ashraf Engineer March 31, 2021 Recently, the V-Dem Institute declared India an ‘electoral autocracy’, pointing...
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Audio podcast: Time to throw out the sedition law
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Ashraf Engineer March 6, 2021 Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I am Ashraf...
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Audio podcast: Why are internet shutdowns so common in India?
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Ashraf Engineer March 3, 2021 We’re barely into 2021 but already there have been at...
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Audio podcast: The false war against imaginary love jihad
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Ashraf Engineer November 20, 2020 Podcast transcript Hello and welcome to All Indians Matter. I...
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