The ever delicate sensibilities of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad have been offended yet again by the sloganeering at Amnesty International’s Kashmir event in Bangalore. The outfit has raised a hue and cry, and now everyone is of the opinion that the BJP-led Union Government is a tyrant, curbing a citizen's right to dissent. Still, the question remains: Should activists use their free speech to chant anti-India slogansIJ How should we label those who protest when terrorists are punishedIJ Similarly, we also need to re-look at the word ‘sedition’. The Bangalore event was not seditious, and Section 124A of IPC is outdated. We don’t have a word that combines ‘treachery', ‘offending public sentiments', ‘aiding the enemy', ‘ingratitude' and ‘plain vanilla stupidity'. Does this mean offenders should be let off because of a linguistic lacunaIJ