“Partly free”. An electoral autocracy. Not a flourishing democracy.
Are these assessments of India fair? Is too much nationalism eroding our democracy?
RAM MADHAV — RSS ideologue & former BJP general secretary — takes on tough questions about censorship, media monitoring, harsh laws, IT raids, and the government’s political messaging.
Spirited. Sometimes conciliatory. Even humorous. He both pushes back. And concedes.
“Maybe calling people ‘anti-national’ has become too easy,” he says.
There’s much more there.
