Manisha Sethi
Three Essays Collective
216 pages, Rs.350
Kafkaland exposes the grisly underbelly of counterterrorism, where prejudice and lawlessness are commonplace. The author examines a slew of prominent terror cases from across the country to show how the hallmark of terror investigations is not simply a casual subversion of norms, but prejudice and violence inflicted in the knowledge of absolute impunity. In “Kafkaland,” the erosion of constitutional guarantees is advertised as a boost to internal security, and corporate greed masquerades as national interest.