Guwahati: As the country gears up for the second phase of polling on April 26, let us have a look at what the global media is writing about the world’s largest democracy.
“Will the outcome of India’s election increase intolerance” Deutsche Welle
“Modification of India is almost complete” TIME Magazine
“India’s election: fixing a win by outlawing dissent damages democracy” UK Guardian
“Is India’s BJP the world’s most ruthlessly efficient political party?” Financial Times
“‘Messianic spell’: how Narendra Modi created a cult of personality” UK Guardian
“Narendra Modi Is Preparing New Attacks on Democratic Rights” Jacobin Magazine
“With democracy under threat in Narendra Modi’s India, how free and fair will this year’s election be?” The Conversation, Australian Research Council
“India can grow fast with or without Narendra Modi” Reuters
“Modi Is Making India’s Election All About Himself” Bloomberg
“Progressive South Is Rejecting Modi” Bloomberg
“Modi’s Campaign May Have Already Peaked” Bloomberg
“‘Billionaire Raj’ Is Pushing India Toward Autocracy” Bloomberg
“India’s Voting Machines Are Raising Too Many Questions” Bloomberg
“Modi’s Sledgehammer Politics Are Battering Indian Democracy” Bloomberg
“Billionaire Press Barons Are Squeezing Media Freedom in India” Bloomberg
“Indian democracy developed East Asian characteristics—voters are increasingly willing to trade political freedom for economic progress” Financial Times
“The ‘mother of democracy’ is not in good shape” Financial Times
“Modi’s Temple of Lies” New York Times
“Mr. Modi has remained deeply popular even as he has become more autocratic. He has paid little price — and even found support — for his effort to remake India into what analysts have called an illiberal democracy.” New York Times
“India Democracy in name only” Le Monde France
“Narendra Modi’s illiberalism may imperil India’s economic progress” The Economist Magazine
“The Right to Education and Democratic Backsliding in India” Verfassunsblog
“Democratic backsliding in India could prompt West to review its cooperation with Delhi” Chatham House
“As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all its people? – Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinent” UK Guardian
“India’s elections this year stand out for their ‘undemocratic nature’ – Modi is turning democracy into electoral authoritarianism.” Le Monde France
“Modi’s ‘Make in India’ Didn’t Make Jobs” Foreign Policy Magazine
“India’s middle class warm to autocracy under Modi” The Press, New Zealand
“Two-thirds of Indians back autocracy as Modi eyes third term” UK Times
“Indian Democracy in Peril: Slide into Autocracy Likely to Continue” Nippon Japan
“US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India” UK Guardian.
“Why is Biden silent on Modi and India’s slide toward autocracy?” LA Times
“As India rises, can the West steer Modi away from autocracy?” UK Times
“India’s democratic regression – The autocratic bent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is clear” LeMonde France
“Authoritarian drift in the world’s largest democracy” The Informant New Zealand
“Faced with Modi’s authoritarian drift, is India still the largest democracy in the world?” Actual News Magazine London
“Modi’s party using ‘authoritarian playbook’ to cripple opposition in India” UK Independent
“Narendra Modi regime suppresses freedoms” La Croix International Catholic News.
“What Has Happened to the Rule of Law in India?” The Atlantic Magazine
“The Tragedy Of India’s Authoritarian Descent” The Bullet Socialist Project
“Modi’s India has become less liberal” Chatham House
“India is the future of the authoritarian internet” The Daily Dot Austin Texas
“Increasing Authoritarianism in India under Narendra Modi” Australian Institute of International Affairs
“Narendra Modi Is Developing a New Template for Authoritarian Control of the Internet” Jacobin Magazine
“India’s authoritarian leader with his own app” The Week, USA
“Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is escalating its attack on civil rights” UK Guardian
“Has Modi Pushed Indian Democracy Past Its Breaking Point?” New Yorker Magazine
“Who Can Stop Modi and His Authoritarian Vision for India?” Jacobin Magazine
“Freedom of Press is Dealt Deadly Blows by Modi’s Proto-Fascist Regime in India” Global Policy Journal UK
“Modi’s Personality Cult Has Replaced India’s Democracy” Foreign Policy Magazine
“Modi’s India Is Where Global Democracy Dies” New York Times
“Australia’s” Woeful Response to Rising Authoritarianism in India” Australian Institute of International Affairs
“Why India’s confidence is growing”. Foreign Policy Australian Financial Review
“In India, elections are a matter of faith, and criticism is akin to blasphemy.” Sydney Morning Herald
“Indian democracy developed East Asian characteristics – Voters are increasingly willing to trade political freedom for economic progress” Financial Times
“India’s middle class warm to autocracy under Modi” The Press, New Zealand