In light of the recent elections in India, the results of which came out this summer, we are at a crucial juncture to explore the state of freedom and dissent in the world’s largest democracy. Suchitra Vijayan is an award-winning journalist and photographer, whose recent books include How Long Can the Moon be Caged? Voices of Indian Political Prisoners and Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India. Drawing on both books and her work as founder of the journalism-cum-research organization, the Polis Project, Ms. Vijayan will reflect on the changing landscape of political freedom and legal repression in India. Given her unique career spanning litigation, policy, and visual storytelling, Ms. Vijayan will also reflect on effective means of advocating for freedom internationally. The discussion will be moderated by Nitika Khaitan, HLS LLM ’23, Phd Candidate in History at Yale University. Refreshments will be served.
This event is sponsored by the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World and the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School; the South Asian Studies Colloquium at the FAS Department of South Asian Studies; and the South Asia Caucus and Casteless Caucus at the Harvard Kennedy School.