Book: A CONSTITUTION TO KEEPAuthor: Rohan J. AlvaADVERTISEMENTPublished by: HarperCollinsPrice: ₹699Under the World Press Freedom Index 2023, India was ranked 161st out of 180 countries. The press is the canary in a country’s free speech coalmine. If there is a time to be concerned about what you are free to speak of, it is now. Part of addressing this concern involves recognising the structural conditions that create space for speech. Alva’s project is a commendable one: he seeks to show that sedition, no matter how we conceive of or interpret it, cannot have our Constitution’s blessings.

Source: The Telegraph July 14, 2023 15:42 UTC