DEMOCRACY AND VIOLENCE: IN SOUTH ASIA AND BEYOND

In this lecture, Ramachandra Guha analyses the place of violence in movements protesting the denial of democracy in multi-religious and multi-lingual nation-states. In particular, he compares and contrasts the insurgency in Kashmir with the struggles of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. Guha argues that it is as important to focus on the emotional and cultural aspects of democracy as on its institutional aspects.