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'To keep at it with our dissent and our protest is a sign that our humanity is alive' - Swara Bhasker From the Anna Andolan in 2011 to the anti-CAA-NRC movement in 2019, a fierce spirit of liberty has gripped the nation over the last decade. Across the country, citizens have taken to the streets, petitioned, lobbied and hashtagged their demands for justice, equality and better governance. Their ask: freedom in independent India. The speeches, lectures and letters collected in Inquilab: A Decade of Protest capture the most important events and issues of the past ten years. The anthology includes the voices of ∗ Anna Hazare ∗ Kavita Krishnan ∗ Nayantara Sahgal ∗ Rana Ayyub ∗ Rohith Vemula ∗ Kanhaiya Kumar ∗ Romila Thapar ∗ P Sainath ∗ Mahua Moitra ∗ Majid Maqbool ∗ Chandra Shekhar Aazad ∗ Nabiya Khan ∗ Ramachandra Guha

'To keep at it with our dissent and our protest is a sign that our humanity is alive' - Swara Bhasker From the Anna Andolan in 2011 to the anti-CAA-NRC movement in 2019, a fierce spirit of liberty has gripped the nation over the last decade. Across the country, citizens have taken to the streets, petitioned, lobbied and hashtagged their demands for justice, equality and better governance. Their ask: freedom in independent India. The speeches, lectures and letters collected in Inquilab: A Decade of Protest capture the most important events and issues of the past ten years. The anthology includes...  Read More