
The Great Unraveling: How India’s Gagged Millions Found a Voice in the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’
By Prof Ujjwal Anu Chowdhury The world is in the throes of a democratic recession, and India, the world’s most populous nation, is at its epicenter. According to the damning V-Dem Institute’s Democracy Report 2026, the global democratic experience for the average citizen has plunged back to 1978 levels. In