In her article, published in the Economic & Political Weekly on 12 January 2013, “On Impunity,” V Geetha discusses how impunity is constitutive of power in all its forms and the relishing of impunity marks the exercise of power, rendering it desirable and attractive.

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Illustrations: Chaitanya Mandugula [chaitanya@epw.in]

Curated by: Vishnupriya Bhandaram [vishnupriya@epw.in]

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