A persistent tendency has emerged in the erosion of Indian democracy. The nation’s journalistic liberties are deteriorating alarmingly.
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Giant India is an electoral democracy, the world's biggest democracy by far. According to Freedom House, "elections have generally been free and fair and the 2009 national polls were mostly peaceful, though some violence occurred". Also check out our section on World Democracy.
India: Why Are Punjab Political Singers Under Attack?
The murder of Sidhu Moose Wala has brought attention to the link between Punjabi music and India’s cross-border criminal networks.
Opinion: In the world’s largest democracy, ‘looking Muslim’ could cost your life
Although it prides itself with being the world’s largest democracy, India has come under the spotlight for anti-democratic trends.
India Falls 8 Places To 150th Position In Press Freedom Rankings
India’s ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has fallen down to 150th position from last year’s 142nd rank out of 180 countries.
India Arrests Two Journalists In Jammu And Kashmir
Authorities in Uttarakhand and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir detained two journalists, Kishor Ram and Fahad Shah.
Editor In Kashmir Is Arrested Amid Intensifying Clampdown
The editor of a news website has been arrested in Kashmir in what critics called the latest example of a wave of harassment of journalists.
Modi’s BJP Is India’s Richest Political Party
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has maintained the top spot as India’s richest political organization, report.
Indian Democracy: Blossoming Or Slithering?
India is hailed as the world’s largest democracy, since independence 1947. But there is much that casts a shadow on this reputation.
What election losers tell us about Indian democracy
In the past 60 years, 2,751 parties have ran for parliamentary and state elections in India. The losers tell us much about India’s democracy.
How ancient Indians decoded the mathematics of democracy
A little known aspect of India’s history is its long-established democratic tradition. Ancient Indians even decoded the mathematics of democracy.