No Country for Peaceful Protests | Nope w/ Kunal Kamra ft Kavita Srivastava | 073

In this episode of Nope, Kavita Srivastava outlines the history of civil liberties in India. Why does it matter and why government wants to stifle any and all kind of protests. Follow: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/kuna_kamra/ X (Twitter) – https://x.com/kunalkamra88/ Timestamps: 0:00 – Opening 0:27 – What Are Civil Liberties and Why They Matter 1:18 – Gandhi and the Origins of Civil Liberties in India 2:16 – Champaran Satyagraha: Fact-Finding as Resistance 4:30 – Early Civil Liberties Movements: Tagore, Nehru, and Lohia 7:07 – Liberty, Equality, Dignity, and Fraternity in the Constitution 9:20 – Human Rights and the Global Context of 1948 11:14 – Fundamental Rights vs Directive Principles 13:06 – Articles 14, 19, and 21: The Core of Civil Liberties 16:00 – Civil Liberties Inside the Home: Gender and Social Power 20:04 – Dreams, Dissent, and the Role of the State 22:48 – When the State Breaks Its Own Laws 25:12 – The Birth of Civil Liberties Organizations in India 26:37 – Jayaprakash Narayan and the Movement Against Power 30:31 – The Emergency of 1975: India’s Darkest Democratic Moment 33:20 – The Creation of PUCL and the Civil Liberties Movement 37:09 – From Declared Emergency to “Undeclared Emergency” 40:24 – Laws, Fear, and the Shrinking Space for Dissent 44:01 – Media Pressure, Arrests, and Misuse of State Agencies 47:04 – Why Citizens Must Speak Up to Protect Democracy Credits: • Research Head: Anirban Bhattacharya • Camera Operator / Mixing and Mastering / Intro Music — @Mahansangeet: https://www.instagram.com/hi_mahan/ • Camera Operator / Video Editor / Intro Animation — @RevantTalekar: https://www.instagram.com/revanttalekar • Camera Operator / Guest Logistics Coordinator — @VybhavSharma: https://www.instagram.com/vybhavsharma/ • Production Assistant — Haran Shetty