While being inspired by the compelling social protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens in India, the authors of this critical engagement argue that now, more than ever, is time to reflect on the nature of secularism that is being invoked by nonviolent protesters. What can a focus on lathi -wielding and stone-throwing, all low technologies of governance, tell us about the practices and challenges of liberal democracy in India? This piece excavates a brief history of the lathi and stone-pelting to show what kinds of "illiberal" protests are deemed aesthetically pleasing and palatable to elites in India and abroad, which ones are not, and the dangers of this kind of exclusion with respect to new forms of Islamophobia.

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棍棒，石头和印度民主的世俗骨头

尽管受到针对印度《公民身份修正法》和《国家公民登记册》的强烈社会抗议的鼓舞，但这种批判性参与的作者认为，现在比以往任何时候都该是时候反思非暴力所引发的世俗主义的本质了。抗议者。专注于懒散挥舞和投掷，所有低下的治理技术，能告诉我们什么印度自由民主的做法和挑战？这件作品挖掘了拉西和石刻的简要历史，以显示什么样的“自由”抗议在美学上和对印度和国外的精英而言都是可口的，哪些是不愉快的，以及在尊重方面这种排斥的危险新形式的伊斯兰恐惧症。