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Ramachandra Guha
“This took the shape of government announcements paid for by the Directorate of Audio-Visual Publicity (DAVP). While ‘liberally granting advertisements to so-called “friendly” periodicals’, the DAVP withdrew their favours from those deemed critical of the government.”
Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

Fali S. Nariman
“the study of law ‘renders men acute’, and that ‘they are able to augur misgovernment at a distance and sniff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze’.7 That is our strength; that is why we are also feared, particularly by those in power and authority.”
Fali S. Nariman, Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography

Ramachandra Guha
“An incidental victim of Sanjay Gandhi’s family planning drive was the great popular singer Kishore Kumar. Other film stars and musicians agreed to perform in a programme to raise money for sterilization, but Kishore refused. As a consequence, his songs were banned from Vividh Bharati, the AIR channel that exclusively broadcast film music. The Film Censor Board was instructed to hold up the release of movies in which Kishore acted or sang. Sanjay’s men also warned record companies against selling Kishore’s songs. It was an act of petty vindictiveness in keeping with the times.”
Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

B.R. Ambedkar
“CHAPTER IV BREAK-UP OF UNITY”
B.R. Ambedkar, Pakistan or the Partition of India

Fali S. Nariman
“The moral of this story is that we should avoid relying on high-profile lawyers (with political inclinations) because with their argumentative skills, they are able to rationalize all forms of tyranny.”
Fali S. Nariman, Before Memory Fades: An Autobiography

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