Is India's Democracy in Crisis Under Modi? | The Agenda Mar 7, 2023
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.
02:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=151s Why was the BBC documentary on PM Modi censored in India?
04:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=240s Why India has had more internet shutdowns than any other country
05:33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=333s What’s it like for working journalists in India?
06:55 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=415s Why was the Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 controversial?
08:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=528s Is PM Modi governing like a democratic leader should?
16:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=968s Indian democracy under PM Indira Gandhi vs. PM Modi
19:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=1170s Comparing and contrasting Indian and Canadian checks and balances
22:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=1329s Is India’s the world’s toughest democracy to govern?
25:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=1520s What accounts for PM Modi’s popularity?
26:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=1596s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=1596s How does the Indian diaspora view Modi?
29:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=1751s Has India’s standing in the world been diminished?
34:39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPLM_EyFw0&t=2079s Do western countries rely on India for their own geopolitical needs?