There has been heated debate on the question of standing up for the national anthem, especially after Salman M’s arrest, who was accused of sedition for allegedly “sitting and hooting” when the anthem was played at the theatre. This audio blog by Saif Ahmad Khan deals with a landmark ruling of the apex court involving the Christian sect Jehovah’s witnesses. Besides enumerating on the case history and SC judgement, the blog tries to shed light on how Indians tend to associate nationalism with trivial symbolic gestures.
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