New Delhi: In a year of unabated vitriol against liberal writers, historians and public intellectuals, books emerged as the avenue of expressing dissent and chronicling the trials and tribulations of the time — threats to free speech, religious polarisation and rewriting of history. As subjugation of fundamental rights became increasingly evident, key personalities and intellectuals … Continue reading 2018 in Retrospect: When books acted as voice of dissent in ‘Illiberal India’