{"product_id":"the-dismantling-of-indias-democracy-prem-shankar-jha-9789354478147","title":"The Dismantling of India's Democracy 1947 To 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndia's democracy, once celebrated as an unprecedented experiment in pluralism and participatory nation building, now faces a grave crisis. In this urgent and penetrating work, veteran journalist Prem Shankar Jha traces how the country's hard-won democracy-rooted in diversity and tolerance-has been steadily hollowed out since Independence-slowly at first, and since 2014, with determined ferocity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructural flaws in our Constitution, like the lack of state-funded elections, Jha argues, were made substantially worse by Indira Gandhi's ban on company donations to political parties. As parties increasingly turned to clandestine donors for election financing, politics became a near-criminal enterprise, facilitating the rise of a predatory state long before 2014. And now, under the Modi regime, the weaponization of state agencies, the serious undermining of electoral processes and the transformation of governance into a tool of political vendetta threaten to tear down the last remnants of India's democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJha further argues that the erosion of democratic institutions, the rise of Hindu majoritarian politics and the normalization of state repression are not isolated events but symptoms of a deeper transformation. Drawing on Indian history and global parallels, he makes the bold case that what India is witnessing is not simply a drift towards authoritarianism but the emergence of a distinctively Indian form of fascism. Our only hope cannot be, he says, an electoral victory for the opposition; it must be grounded in a commitment to both political accountability and cultural inclusivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRich with insight and analytical clarity from decades of engagement with the subject, \u003ci\u003eThe Dismantling of India's Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e is both a lament and a call to action. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how a democratic republic can be undone from within-and how it might yet be reclaimed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Prem Shankar Jha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 935447814X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354478147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.83d","brand":"Prem Shankar Jha","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440763121919,"sku":"9789354478147","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d9d0937-1ad6-4b8a-832b-81359115bd3e.jpg?v=1777184642","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dismantling-of-indias-democracy-prem-shankar-jha-9789354478147","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}