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India’s Distorted History: Was It Ever A Strong Democracy?
India, the world’s largest democracy, seems to be slowly but surely falling into a state of restricted freedom under the control of the...
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Apr 30, 20236 min read


Democracy In Decline: How BJP Has Caused India’s Fall From Freedom
At the 2021 International Summit for Democracy, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched his address by stating he was “proud to...
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Dec 9, 20225 min read


Democracy in Peril: What the Farmers’ Protest Saga Reveals About P.M. Modi’s India
Political opponents jailed. Press censored. Civil liberties restricted. Human rights abused. All in response to widespread protests...
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Mar 9, 20216 min read


Is Democracy Dying?
Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy,...
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Nov 27, 20205 min read


Vigilante Injustice
Last June, a vigilante mob of thirteen men in the Indian state of Jharkhand tied 24-year-old Muslim Tabrez Ansari, whom they accused of...
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Oct 29, 20195 min read


Modi’s Demonetization Move: A Hit or Miss?
On November 8th, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi executed his very own ‘financial surgical strike’ when he appeared on national...
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Feb 8, 20177 min read


An Increasingly Intolerant India?
Earlier this month, Kanhaiya Kumar, the president of the student union at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and leader of the student...
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Mar 8, 20166 min read


Combating Political Oppression in India
India has been rocked by the recent arrest of two students on colonial-era sedition charges for their involvement in protests against the...
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Mar 6, 20165 min read


Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: India’s U-Turn on LGBTQ Rights
Photo by Ramesh Lalwani. Many ideas and images appear in our collective consciousness when we consider the relics of British colonialism:...
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Oct 6, 20145 min read
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