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    Udhayanidhi’s alleged Trisha jibe: When does a double entendre become crime?

    Criminality depends on the precise words, the context in which listeners understood them, the ingredients of the offences invoked and, separately, whether arrest was necessary at all

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    THEEIGHTHCOLUMN

    Why for Modi govt, struggling to make sense of Gen Z protest playbook, abusive videos are least of worries

    For the state, the real discomfort is not the language, but the realisation that the old instruments of control were designed for a different kind of opponent. The opponent has changed its dialect. The govt is still speaking the previous version. Efforts are now being made to understand the medium, but the state is still struggling with the message.
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