Rebels with a Cause

Democratic societies take pride in the freedom of expression. Indeed the right to dissent and tolerance of diverse viewpoints distinguish a democratic society from a dictatorship. In his new book Prof. T.T. Ram Mohan profiles well-known dissenters Arundhati Roy Oliver Stone Kancha Ilaiah David Irving Yanis Varoufakis U.G. Krishnamurti and John Pilger to illustrate how in practice dissent tends to be severely circumscribed. It is only the celebrity status of these dissenters that has kept them fr...See More