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How India’s financial capital shrunk protest sites, turned down protesters’ volume https://questionofcities.org/how-indias-financial-capital-shrunk-protest-sites-and-turned-down-protesters-volume/
Bombay, later Mumbai, has seen huge historical protests. Its protest sites were many – Chowpatty, Hutatma Chowk, Kala Ghoda, Gowalia Tank Maidan (now August Kranti Maidan), Jambori Maidan, Azad Maidan, Dadar station. All of them witnessed massive demonstrations and protests over the years including the landmark railway union strike and textile mill workers’ strike in the 1970-80s. In the post-liberalised Mumbai, democratic spaces for protests have been shut down or simply shrunk, as in Azad Maidan.

“This interaction between the public and protestors was the life-blood of these protests. They knew that the roads would be blocked and they would have to wait for some time on the road, but that is how democracy functions…The nature and cause of the protests underlined the choice of space,” points out Dr Mamta Mantri her book Cities and Protests: Perspectives in Spatial Criticism

The world’s largest democracy is collapsing before our eyes https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/6/21/23683842/india-democracy-narendra-modi-us-biden-china By Zack Beauchamp
The prime minister’s anti-democratic behavior has accelerated over time. In the past year alone, Modi’s government has:

Expelled the leader of the opposition party, Rahul Gandhi, from parliament after he was sentenced to two years of prison for allegedly defaming the prime minister with a joke.
Taken over one of the few remaining independent television stations through a crooked billionaire ally.
Created an official panel empowered to take down social media posts critical of the government.
Sent tax officials to raid the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, a move widely seen as retaliation for a documentary critical of Modi.

Being in power has become self-reinforcing for Modi. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has used its electoral dominance to silence critics and stack the electoral deck against his opponents, making the upcoming 2024 parliamentary election a significant uphill climb for other parties. That vote is shaping up to be critical for India’s democratic future.

No choice but...: Musk on Dorsey's charge against Indian govt  https://www.rediff.com/news/report/no-choice-but-musk-on-dorseys-charge-against-indian-govt/20230621.htm  June 21, 2023
Twitter chief Elon Musk on Wednesday said the social media platform has no choice but to follow the local laws in any given country or risk being shut down.

Musk's comments came in response to questions regarding Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's allegations that the Indian government had threatened the social networking platform with raids if it did not take down critical content during the farmers' protests against the three farm laws.