With almost one billion people eligible to vote, elections in India are often lauded as a "festival of democracy." Yet, both Freedom House and the V-Dem Institute have downgraded India's status as a democracy - from "free" to "partly free" and from "electoral democracy" to "electoral autocracy," respectively. Some issues in question are legal discriminatory practices against Indian Muslims and other minorities, and the recent censoring of a new BBC documentary on Prime Minister Modi. How has this affected India's standing as the world's largest democracy? We ask: Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief, ThePrint; Neeti Nair, historian, University of Virginia; Vivek Dehejia, economist, Carlton University; and Sanjay Ruparelia political scientist, Toronto Metropolitan University.
00:00 Intro
02:31 Why was the BBC documentary on PM Modi censored in India?
04:00 Why India has had more internet shutdowns than any other country
05:33 What’s it like for working journalists in India?
06:55 Why was the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 controversial?
08:48 Is PM Modi governing like a democratic leader should?
16:08 Indian democracy under PM Indira Gandhi vs. PM Modi
19:30 Comparing and contrasting Indian and Canadian checks and balances
22:09 Is India’s the world’s toughest democracy to govern?
25:20 What accounts for PM Modi’s popularity?
26:36 How does the Indian diaspora view Modi?
29:11 Has India’s standing in the world been diminished?
34:39 Do western countries rely on India for their own geopolitical needs?
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