There is a heightened sensitivity to everything we say. Only politicians are exempted.

How to identify an anti-national

Notable cultural figures have written a controversial letter on lynching to the PM, including filmmaker Aparna Sen, who spoke with Rohit E David on why this issue has become so crucial now.

Patriots like us must call out lynchings. Why doesn't PM Modi start a campaign against hate crimes?

Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were booked for sedition. Charges could never be proved and yet they suffered. This ordinance could only worsen that scenario.

Pledge no 'anti-national' activity: Why Yogi Adityanath's campus ordinance should scare us all

I sat out the national anthem twice. Even against peer pressure

Bharat and Freedom: I sat out the national anthem twice. But I'm not an anti-national. Then why?

The fear of being accosted, beaten up or mobbed was so real. Yet I remained firmly seated.

By virtue of being written in Hindi, the jingle’s target audience are not foreign tourists, rather Indians belonging to the Hindi heartland.

Was Radio Mirchi's Mat Aao India jingle really anti-India?

The attack on a young Swiss couple in Uttar Pradesh has triggered the campaign by a radio station.

The new brand of nationalism does not believe in subtlety.

Wheelchair-bound man heckled for not standing during national anthem is new low in movie hall patriotism

It is not enough to be proud (Indian), you need to be loud.

The stand-off in the Doklam plateau between Indian and Chinese troops turned into an opportunity for trolls online to make ad hominem remarks on the Indian athlete.

Shameful. Twitter trolls question athlete Jwala Gutta's patriotism over her parentage

The stand-off in Doklam between Indian and Chinese troops turned into an opportunity for trolls to attack the badminton star.

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Problem with nationalism is that it’s foreign and imported

It must smell of our soil, our air, our water, our imagination, our spirit. And when I look for things of that sort, it is very little that comes to mind or to hand.

The Chennai incident goes on to show how misguided interpretations of ‘anti-national’ make the minorities vulnerable to draconian laws.

Sedition law is wrong. Arresting Muslim man for receiving WhatsApp message more so

My problem with anti-government sentiment

I want transparency for the next generation.

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