The Transformation of Indian Democracy: A Conversation with Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Since its independence, India has been the world’s largest democracy. While there were chronic weaknesses in the substance of its democracy, the current pressures on civil liberties, academic and press freedoms and rule-of-law are unprecedented since the Emergency of the mid-1970s. What are the major transformations occurring in India's democracy? What are the main causes and drivers of this transformation? And what might be its consequences for India's political future?