āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ (āĻĻā§āĻ-)āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻž-āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋ-āĻāϞā§āĻĒ-āύāĻž (Imagining No-State Alternities Amidst the Horrors of Undeclared Emergency) by DebaprasadBandyopadhyay Via Flickr: shorturl.at/hndxt āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§, āύāĻž-āϰāĻžāώā§āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĻā§āĻā§ āϞā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻāĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϞā§āϝ, āĻĻā§āĻā§ āϞā§āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāϰāϤāĻŦāϰā§āώā§āϰ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻāϰ āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāĻļāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏā§āϰāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻĒāϞ āĻĻāϤā§āϤ āĻāϞā§āĻā§ āĻŦāϞāϤā§āύ, âāĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻâāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻ āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϞāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰ-āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻŋāϏā§āĻāĨ¤ āϧāϰ⧠āύāĻŋāύ āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύāĻž āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϏā§āϤā§āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻā§āύā§āύ āϧāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏā§āĻāϧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ Here, compelled by the urgency of the moment and sustained by the hope of a no-state imagination, two pieces have been brought together amid an undeclared emergency. Needless to say, both writings engage with the present political condition of India and attempt to wrest hope out of despair. The BJPâs IT cell manufactures false propaganda. Utpal Dutt, by contrast, would turn the charge on its head and declare, âI am a propagandist.â Following his leadâand pushing it a step furtherâwe say: we are counter-propagandists. Consider this entire exercise as nothing more (and nothing less) than a political manifesto, into which a distinctly non-mainstream strand of academia has quietly seeped in.













