We The People

We have seen a raging controversy around the government decision over the last week to ten days to block a few hundred web pages and some Twitter handles. After many protests, the government insisted that it had only clamped down web pages that actually were capable of inciting communal violence or contributing to the unrest. But is that really the case, or is this the case of the government blurring the lines between free speech and hate speech? Is this about political censorship?

India's six medals at the London Olympics are also tales of six self-made success stories that have made the country proud. Olympians reflect back on their epic journey and plans to make sports bigger in India.

With 181 IAS officers quitting in the last 10 years, we ask, is civil services no longer a dream career, and is the steel frame losing its sheen?

With several activists in India charged with sedition by Central and state governments we discuss whether the freedom of speech and expression also include the right to question the legitimacy of the state.

We The People brings the murdered Maruti manager's batchmates face to face with union workers, Maruti management, Haryana Chief Secretary, and the public prosecutor.

"Cancer survivors don't need sympathy or pity as it unnerves them," says Yuvraj Singh on this special episode of We The People.

Should capital punishment be abolished, and is there bias against poor and minorities who are on the death row? We debate on We The People.

Is organ trade a flourishing racket in India? Watch this We The People special expose on the black market of organ trade.

They say the real test of a democracy is how it treats its minorities. In India, the tragedy is, any debate on the minorities gets woefully politicised. The most recent debate is around what has come to be called the minority quota. The Centre, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls, said it wanted to reserve a sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent OBC quota. Recently, the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the quota within a quota for minorities arguing India's constitution does not allow religion to be a basis for reservation. We ask, is religion worse than caste as a basis for affirmative action and reservation?

Should working in India for a stipulated period of time be enforced by law onto doctors who go abroad? We debate.