Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India

Why does the world’s largest democracy turn a blind eye to systematic violations of human rights in its periphery?

Drawing on the findings of a comparative research project, this volume tackles a set of intricate questions about the workings of impunity in India. How do victims of abuse and survivors of sexual violence end up being denied justice? What do those on the margins—those with the wrong sex, wrong identity markers, wrong political leanings— tell us about violence by state and non-state actors?

Bringing together senior academics, civil society leaders and fresh voices from across India, the volume offers analysis—contextual, structural and gendered—and breaks new conceptual ground on the underbelly of India Shining. The volume contains testimonies that were collected during fieldwork in four states.

CONTRIBUTORS: Sanjay Barbora | Shahana Basavapatna | Anjuman Ara Begum | Uma Chakravarti | Warisha Farasat | Satish K. Jain | Ram Narayan Kumar | Harsh Mander | Bhagat Oinam