The Free Voice
 First edition | |
| Author | Ravish Kumar |
|---|---|
| Translators | Chitra Padmanabhan, Anurag Basnet, Ravi Singh[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Published | 27 February 2018 |
| Publisher | Speaking Tiger Books |
| 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]
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- ^ "The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation". The Caravan. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ Raman, Anuradha (2018-04-07). "The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation review: Looking through glass". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Ramani, Priya. "Ravish Kumar's book is required reading for every Indian who stays silent against hate and bigotry". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ "Review: Democracy and Debate in the Time of 'IT Cell'". The Wire. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
- ^ Brunkert, Lennart; Kruse, Stefan; Welzel, Christian (3 April 2019). "A tale of culture-bound regime evolution: the centennial democratic trend and its recent reversal". Democratization. 26 (3): 422–443. doi:10.1080/13510347.2018.1542430. ISSN 1351-0347. S2CID 148625260.
- ^ Khaitan, Tarunabh (26 May 2020). "Killing a Constitution with a Thousand Cuts: Executive Aggrandizement and Party-state Fusion in India". Law & Ethics of Human Rights. 14 (1): 49–95. doi:10.1515/lehr-2020-2009. hdl:11343/241852. ISSN 2194-6531. S2CID 221083830.
- ^ Ganguly, Sumit (18 September 2020). "India's Democracy Is Under Threat". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
- ^ "India: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report". Freedom House. 2021.
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.
- ^ Goel, Vindu; Gettleman, Jeffrey (2 April 2020). "Under Modi, India's Press Is Not So Free Anymore". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "The Free Voice - Speaking Tiger Books". Speaking Tiger Books. Archived from the original on 17 Jun 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.