Shoma asks: Can the State Stamp you as a Citizen? | Saurabh Kirpal & Arghya Sengupta

Shoma asks: Can the State Stamp you as a Citizen? | Saurabh Kirpal & Arghya Sengupta

11 September 2026

| Ignition

India’s democracy rests on a deceptively simple idea: the citizen has rights, and the state has powers. But where is that line today?

Who decides how much your vote is worth? Could delimitation cut the political voice of India’s southern states? And who really wins when India redraws its electoral maps?

More so, are you sure you can even prove you’re a citizen and have a say in these conversations?

Saurabh Kirpal and Arghya Sengupta join Shoma Chaudhury at IGNITION for a powerfully candid conversation about the Constitution, citizenship, democracy and the growing power of the State.

With Shoma Chaudhury

At IGNITION

Presented by Shiv Nadar Foundation.

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