Is India Still a Democracy? Rahul Verma Emphatically Says Yes

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India should be understood as a test case of democracy outside the Western world.

Rahul Verma
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Rahul Verma is a fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. He is also Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Ashoka University. Recently, he wrote “The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy” in the recent Journal of Democracy.
Key Highlights

• Introduction - 0:44
• India's Democracy Paradox - 2:24
• Reconciling Illiberalism - 15:54
• Sources of Indian Democratic Deficits - 20:02
• Overstating and Understating Indian Democracy - 30:50

Key Links
"The Exaggerated Death of Indian Democracy" in Journal of Democracy by Rahul Verma
Centre for Policy Research
Follow Rahul Verma on Twitter @rahul_tverma
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1. Is India Still a Democracy? Rahul Verma Emphatically Says Yes (00:00:00)

2. Introduction (00:00:44)

3. India's Democracy Paradox (00:02:24)

4. Reconciling Illiberalism (00:15:54)

5. Sources of Indian Democratic Deficits (00:20:02)

6. Overstating and Understating Indian Democracy (00:30:50)