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What’s Your Ism? MG Devasahayam on India’s democratic crisis from the Emergency to Hindutva

In episode 29 of What's Your Ism?, hosts Sudipto Mondal and Dhanya Rajendran speak with former IAS officer and army veteran MG Devasahayam on the critical issues facing India and its contrast with the Emergency era. 

From flaws in EVM-VVPAT systems to systemic suppression of democratic institutions, Devasahayam provides an analysis of India’s electoral process and governance. Drawing on his firsthand experiences during the Emergency and his extensive career, he explains how Hindutva politics and institutional decay are threatening democracy.

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