Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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OPINION | In India today, political rhetoric systematically steers public anxiety away from administrative delivery and channel it into fear of an ever-present, internal cognitive enemy. But how long can any political establishment govern by relying on the machinery of labels and surveillance, asks @akhileshinc in his latest article for The Quint.

Read the full article here: thequint.com/opinion/dimagi-naxals-and-the-politics-of-making-thought-suspicious

[Dimagi Naxal, Anti-National, Tukde Tukde Gang]

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