Last week, an academic concept jumped out of the dusty books of jurisprudence and political theory into the chirpy streets of social media ...
Last week, an academic concept jumped out of the dusty books of jurisprudence and political theory into the chirpy streets of social media when an arch-god of cricketing pantheon lectured the world about “sovereignty”.
Joining the chorus of orchestrated opposition to tweets by pop star Rihanna and climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg in support of the long-drawn farmers’ protests, Sachin Tendulkar tweeted that India’s sovereignty cannot be compromised. “External forces can be spectators but not participants,” he said. “Indians know India and should decide for India.”
India’s sovereignty cannot be compromised. External forces can be spectators but not participants.
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 3, 2021
Indians know India and should decide for India. Let's remain united as a nation.#IndiaTogether #IndiaAgainstPropaganda
The concept of sovereignty is a Schrödinger’s cat in modern political theory, a hypothesis that may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead.
Theoretically, sovereignty is the supreme authority within a territory. In a state, sovereignty is assigned to the person, body, or institution that has the ultimate authority over other people in order to establish a law or change an existing law. In political theory, sovereignty is a substantive term designating supreme legitimate authority over some polity.
Tendulkar’s tweet has all of a sudden triggered a debate about sovereignty. The crux of the debate...
