http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/c984d3d32f07f875 https://verfassungsblog.de/repression-india-bjp-authoritarian-populism/ The Playbook of Repression - Discourse Management and Thought Policing by the State Hydra in India Jain, Anmol eng 2026-03-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Authoritarian Populism BJP long-read Narendra Modi Repression Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 India is the world’s largest democracy. It is also increasingly a democracy that is eating itself from within. Under the Bharatiya Janata Party governments of Narendra Modi, now in their third consecutive term, the formal architecture of democratic governance remains intact: elections are held, courts sit, and newspapers continue to be published. This post is an attempt to make sense of what is happening.