Your Voice Magazine- A Dialogue Box Publication
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About The Dialogue Box
The Dialogue Box is a dynamic, student-led and professionally mentored research and publication platform committed to nurturing critical conversations around law, society, justice, and public policy. Established with a vision to bridge academia and grassroots engagement, it regularly publishes blogs, policy briefs, case notes, and essays, while also organizing writing competitions, dialogues, and collaborative events.
The Dialogue Box proudly holds an MoU with O.P. Jindal Global University, reinforcing its academic integrity and institutional trust. The platform is known for its inclusive approach, high editorial standards, and interdisciplinary outlook. It has consistently served as a space for emerging scholars, practitioners, and students to express nuanced perspectives on pressing socio-legal issues.
About Your Voice Magazine
Your Voice Magazine is the flagship digital publication of The Dialogue Box, curated with the aim of amplifying voices from the margins and centres alike. With a strong emphasis on rights, representation, and resistance, the magazine explores themes at the intersection of law, culture, politics, and lived experience.
The magazine is led by a dedicated Editorial Board and a distinguished Advisory Board, comprising some of the most respected names in the legal and academic community, including: Senior Advocate Geeta Luthra, Advocate-on-Record Siddharth Praveen Acharya, Senior Advocate Professor (Dr.) A. Francis Julian, and Mr. Wayne Ramwell, Tutor, School of Law, University of Manchester
With contributions from students, researchers, practitioners, and public intellectuals, Your Voice Magazine has grown into a vibrant, intellectually rigorous, and socially responsive platform. Each volume is thematically curated, peer-reviewed, and widely circulated across academic, legal, and activist circles, making it a reputed publication space for those committed to justice, equity, and expression.
Theme
Right to Speak — Who Gets to Be Heard, and Who Is Silenced?
This issue invites reflections on the contested terrain of voice, truth, and dissent in a world where civic spaces, both physical and digital, are increasingly monitored, controlled, or erased. At its core, the theme examines power asymmetries in speech, the structures that mediate or muffle expression, and the resilience of communities and individuals in reclaiming their right to speak.
Eligibility
Submissions are welcome from Undergraduate & postgraduate students, Research scholars and PhD candidates, Academicians and educators, Legal professionals, journalists & writers, Civil society practitioners and public intellectuals. We especially encourage voices from underrepresented or grassroots communities.
Sub themes
- Censorship and Protest Bans
Explore legal regimes like Section 144, internet shutdowns, sedition, or UAPA, that curtail freedom of assembly and expression in India and globally. Reflect on the chilling effect these have on democratic dialogue.
Suggested angles: Public order vs free speech; legal thresholds for protests; discriminatory targeting of protest movements.
- Press Freedom and Journalist Safety
Analyse the global crisis in press freedom threats to journalists, targeted surveillance (e.g., Pegasus), criminal defamation, and increasing state hostility toward independent media.
Suggested angles: Whistleblower protections; comparative press freedom indices; digital safety protocols for reporters.
- Silencing in Prisons and Courtrooms
Delve into the experiences of political prisoners, undertrials, and survivors navigating judicial and carceral control over speech, ranging from gag orders to censorship in prison communications.
Suggested angles: Bail denial and dissent; courtroom transparency; media access to judicial processes.
- Marginalised Voices in Mainstream Media
Examine how Dalit, Adivasi, queer, trans, or religious minority voices are routinely misrepresented, excluded, or tokenized in dominant media discourses.
Suggested angles: Editorial gatekeeping; caste in journalism; the rise of community-led and alternative media.
- Algorithmic Suppression and Digital Gatekeeping
Critique how platforms like Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube control visibility through opaque moderation tools, AI bias, and state-influenced content bans.
Suggested angles: Shadow banning, content takedowns without due process, corporate-state complicity in digital censorship.
- Campus Speech and Student Dissent
Trace shrinking academic freedom, FIRs against student activists, sedition charges, and administrative censorship of university spaces.
Suggested angles: The right to academic dissent; platforming on campuses; comparative global student protest movements.
- Journalism Under Siege in Hostile Regimes
Examine how journalists navigate survival and truth-telling in repressive states from Afghanistan to Gaza, Belarus to Myanmar.
Suggested angles: Diaspora journalism; international protections for exiled reporters; covert methods of news-gathering.
- Resisting Repression: Digital Tools and Global Case Studies
Highlight how communities use VPNs, encrypted apps, blockchain journalism, or strategic litigation to resist censorship and reclaim narrative agency.
Suggested angles: Global protest movements (e.g., Arab Spring, #MeToo India); digital dissent tools; the role of courts in digital speech protection.
Submission Guidelines
Word Limit
- Articles: 2,000–4,000 words
- Case Notes: 2,000–3,000 words
- Legislative Comments / Book Reviews: 1,000–3,000 words
Other Requirements
- Abstract (max 400 words)
- Keywords (minimum 5)
- Description (max 140 characters)
Formatting
- Times New Roman | Title 14 | Body 12 | Footnotes 10
- Line spacing: 1.5 (1.0 for footnotes)
- Justified text alignment
- OSCOLA 4th ed. (footnotes only; speaking footnotes discouraged)
File Format: Word Document (.doc or .docx)
Co-authorship: Up to 2 authors
Language: English preferred (translations welcome)
How to Submit?
- Deadline: 15th August 2025, 11:59 PM IST
- Email To: [email protected]
- Subject Line: Submission for Volume 4 Issue 1 | [Manuscript Topic]
Email Body Must Include:
Author name(s), Institutional affiliation, Contact email and phone number, Title & type of manuscript.
Donation Post-Acceptance
To support our commitment to socially conscious publishing, a nominal donation of ₹100 will be collected only after acceptance. This will be fully donated to verified grassroots and public-interest causes, with no funds used for administrative or organisational purposes. Full transparency will be maintained.
Review & Publication
All submissions will be reviewed by the Editorial Board. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection within two weeks. Accepted entries may be subject to editorial suggestions. Final publication is contingent on incorporating feedback.
Selected submissions will be published in our digital magazine.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
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