Lockdown, demonetisation to CAA, farm laws: How hasty policies have killed Indians

Abstract

The landmark American movie 12 Angry Men, released in 1957, holds an important lesson for contemporary India. It is an intense courtroom drama in which the fate of a young man charged with murdering his father depends on the verdict of a 12-member jury. As per the judge’s instructions, if there was any reasonable doubt that the accused may not have committed the crime, the jury must pronounce him not guilty