Battling for India, A Citizen’s Reader, edited by writers Githa Hariharan and Salim Yusufji, is very timely. It looks back at the series of protests that took place under BJP rule between 2014 and 2018. A wide-ranging anthology, it consists of reports penned by well-known writers and activists of various struggles in India.
On the one hand are those who are Battling for India. This group consists of Dalits, Adivasis, farmers, workers, minority communities, writers and artists, who are resisting oppression and intolerance.
They are pitted against the Battling India Parivar or the right-wing. It. . .