Challenges to Indian Democracy: Nuclearisation, Militarisation and State Violence
Prominent activists, journalists and intellectuals like P.Sainath, Medha Patkar, Admiral Ramdas, Praful Bidwai, Jean Dreze, S.P. Udayakumar and other concerned citizens and movements from all over the country converged in New Delhi to raise their voice for justice and peace, and discuss the ways ahead to confront the intensifying assaults on the basic tenets of India's hard-fought democracy. The convention focused on nuclearisation, militarisation and state violence which are the most immediate and dangerous challenges to Indian democracy.