Hiding Torture in Plain Sight: Evidence of Institutional Subversion from India

• In Event: Varieties of State Repression

Brief Overview

We through this paper, borrowing from Paul Staniland's idea of 'paradox of normalcy' try to locate how India employs both legal and illegal mechanisms to subvert democratic institutions like the judiciary, legislature, and media.

Authors

• Basim Nissa, Ashoka University

• Sadam Hussain, Ashoka University

• Priyamvada Trivedi, Ashoka University

• Ishika Sharan, Ashoka University