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To browse Academia. Contraries lead to progression, so goes the old Blakean adage. Alongside the growth of science, technology and phenomenal strides made over centuries in intellectual thought process, revolutions, political coups, military wars and communal strife have played their part in reorienting notions of 'progress' and 'welfare'.

In a similar vein, dissent and questioning have long occupied a rightful place in any civil society, albeit in varying degrees and effect. In these times, while the world seems to be polarized into camps with extremist ideologies and myopic vested interests on one side, and long term sustainable development of the people and the entire ecosystem on the other, it has become an increasingly convenient position to sit on the fence and adopt a cynical, non-committal, told-you-so attitude.

Everywhere, critical thinking and informed opinion-formation is facing an unprecedented onslaught of diffused herd mentality, which is being systematically programmed and fed into the masses by the few and exceptionally close-knit power centres across the world, functioning with eerily similar agenda. This is achieved primarily through the proliferation of communication technology thrown at the largely unsuspecting populace, who are also constantly engaging with deeper questions of survival in the face of unabashed capitalist overtures supported by those in power.

Liberal arts and education centres are struggling to stay afloat across the world and the intelligentsia of every civil society seem to be forced on a back foot while fascist ideologies continue to reinvent themselves in Why write? The spaces of intellectual dissidence once provided by universities-promoting disinterested inquiry, encouraging critical analysis, challenging conventional wisdoms-are increasingly controlled, if not squeezed out.

A lethal mix of neoliberalism, authoritarianism, and right-wing populism is unfolding in different combinations around the world, and one of its key targets of attack is intellectual freedom.