'How Long Can the Moon be Caged?' documents increasing suppression of free speech in India
The book documents people who speak in favor of Muslims and minority communities have been arrested and imprisoned by the Indian government.
Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Suchitra Vijayan, co-author of the new book “How Long Can the Moon be Caged?,” which documents how people who speak in favor of Muslims and minority communities have increasingly been arrested and imprisoned by the Indian government.
The cover of ‘How Long Can the Moon be Caged?'” (Courtesy)
Book excerpt: ‘How Long Can the Moon be Caged?’
By Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia
A Dalit activist we spoke to said that most people do not encounter the state the way Dalits, Adivasis and Muslims do. She told us: ‘The state has always had a boot on our necks.’ Forget living; imagine what it takes to survive this. The boot
