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Author | Ravish Kumar |
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Translators | Chitra Padmanabhan, Anurag Basnet, Ravi Singh [1] |
Language | English |
Published | 27 February 2018 |
Publisher | Speaking Tiger Books |
Publication place | India |
ISBN | 9389231191 |
The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture And The Nation is non-fiction book written by Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning journalist Ravish Kumar [2] on India's democracy and its backsliding under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [3] [4] [a].
A revised and updated edition was released in August 2019 with a new Introduction, and two additional essays examining the developments since the 2019 Indian general election. [10]
While India is a multiparty democracy, the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has presided over discriminatory policies and increased violence affecting the Muslim population. The constitution guarantees civil liberties including freedom of expression and freedom of religion, but harassment of journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other government critics has increased significantly under Modi.
![]() First edition | |
Author | Ravish Kumar |
---|---|
Translators | Chitra Padmanabhan, Anurag Basnet, Ravi Singh [1] |
Language | English |
Published | 27 February 2018 |
Publisher | Speaking Tiger Books |
Publication place | India |
ISBN | 9389231191 |
The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture And The Nation is non-fiction book written by Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning journalist Ravish Kumar [2] on India's democracy and its backsliding under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. [3] [4] [a].
A revised and updated edition was released in August 2019 with a new Introduction, and two additional essays examining the developments since the 2019 Indian general election. [10]
While India is a multiparty democracy, the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has presided over discriminatory policies and increased violence affecting the Muslim population. The constitution guarantees civil liberties including freedom of expression and freedom of religion, but harassment of journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other government critics has increased significantly under Modi.