TY - JOUR AU - Sneha Singh PY - 2020/06/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - What is citizenship and what does it mean to lose it JF - Journal of Progressive Research in Social Sciences JA - JPRSS VL - 9 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - UR - http://scitecresearch.com/journals/index.php/jprss/article/view/1863 AB - The article conceptualises different definitions of citizenship, drawing parallels between citizenship and humanness. it envisages the meaning of losing citizenship and places in it in a wider ambit of the contemporary Indian political context. Using the example of the recent law called Citizenship Amendment Act in India, it deduces how citizenship is a prerogative to be considered human and those without it face violence largely justified and appropriated not just by society but also by law.  ER -