Existing in a universe that can speak in multiple voices, even as we witness its shrinking edges closing in on us' – is this what it's like to live in India today?
India is 'progressing' through oppression, silencing voices, redefining identities and rewriting history as it sees fit. Instead of coming closer to the rest of the world in the digital age, are we shutting doors – in the face of ideas and people?
Read on, as Ram Puniyani, Amrith Lal, Anish Ahluwalia and Shyam Saran write about the Indian experience in the context of a country that doesn't seem to value its cultural diversity any more.
Ram Puniyani (born 25 August 1945) is a former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He began his medical career in 1973 and served IIT in various capacities for 27 years, beginning 1977. He has been involved with human rights activities and initiatives to oppose Hindu fundamentalism in India and is currently the President of the Executive Council of the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS).