Kafkaland: Prejudice, Law and Counterterrorism in India (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789383968008)

Kafkaland explores the grisly underbelly of counterterrorism, where prejudice and lawlessness are the standard operating codes. From Mumbai to Bangalore, to Delhi to Madhya Pradesh, it examines some of the most prominent terror cases to show that the hallmark of terror investigations is not simply a casual subversion of norms but cynical prejudice and brutal violence inflicted in the knowledge of absolute impunity.

It also examines the disquieting trend of judicial abdication, wherein the courts indulgently ignore signs of torture, lack of evidence and absence of procedural norms, while trying terror cases.

Kafkaland challenges the dominant narratives of counterterrorism and the emerging security-industrial complex. Kafkaland is where impunity, bias, suspicion are sustained by laws, where erosion of constitutional guarantees is advertised as internal security, where corporate greed masquerades as national interest.

Author: Manisha Sethi
ISBN-10: 9383968001
ISBN-13: 9789383968008
Publisher: Three Essays Collective
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2014
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d