We are imperiled today by a monochromatic idea of growth, development, and what constitutes citizenship. Anybody who protests against the dominant narrative is outlawed by the government and the media. In a plural democracy like India, we have begun to feel afraid of plural thought. The panelists for this conversation speak for a hinterland of people who have no representation in popular media. They are the underbelly of India we rarely come face to face with. In the rapacious and oppressive India they inhabit, protecting their right to speak is necessary in order to protect ourselves. Sunder Rajan and Sudha Bharadwaj are advocates who represent protestors who have been slapped with cases of sedition. Kamla Kaka belongs to a village in Chattisgarh where a group of farmers were fired at by the police who assumed them to be Naxalites. This conversation explores how these dissenters protect democracy and vice versa.