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Van dijk over Saliba in 2026 is woke nonsense
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In defense of Indian 🇮🇳 democracy!
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi most successful visit to Norway a minor incident happened. A Norwegian journalist demanded that the prime minister starts holding press conferences. She claimed that Indian democracy is in bad shape.
May be its time to pause? May be its time to be a bit curious to the world’s largest democracy?
Two weeks ago five Indian states and territories held elections. The turn out in the battlefield state of West Bengal was 94%. In the last local election in Norway it was 62%, in many European local elections turn out is below 50%. Can voting in massive numbers be a signal Indians trust their democratic process?
In the same election BJP won big in Assam and West Bengal. It lost even bigger in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Can this diversity be a signal that Indian democracy is reflecting the will of the people?
The journalist referred to a democracy ranking putting India at 157 in the world, behind many dictatorships and deeply troubled states. When a ranking is so obviously contrary to common sense, why not ask critical questions to those making the ranking rather than demand that leaders shall comment on nonsense? I recommend Salvatore Babones book “Dharma democracy”. The book debunks convincingly the flawed methodology of these rankings.
It was referred to a ranking claiming it’s very dangerous to be a journalist in India. Reality is that it is more dangerous to be journalist in the US and far more dangerous in the vast majority of other nations in the world.
Let’s be real. India is not perfect. Of course there are incidents. India has a population the size of North America, South America and Europe combined. But India is much more peaceful than Europe or the Americas. That’s remarkable - given the ethnic, language and religious diversity of India and the many development challenges.
Unless we consider democracy a form of government only suited for some very small, peaceful and homogeneous Western European nations, may be we should commend Indian democracy?
India is the only major former UK colony which became and has remained a democracy. Its sometimes claimed that the Brits taught India democracy. If that was the case why isn’t Myanmar or Pakistan or the Gulf kingdoms democracies??? Reality is that Indian democracy is both homegrown and extraordinary successful.

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Excellent Answer @MEAIndia “……We believe in equality, we believe in human rights...If anyone whose rights are violated, they have the right to go to court...We are proud to be a democracy..."
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When Palestinians hijacked Pam Am 73 it had over a hundred Americans & Jews on board.
They wanted to kill one hostage as an example.
They chose to kill Indian Hindu Rajesh Kumar.
Haania Manzar@Haania_Manzar
What wrong have Palestinians done to Indians?
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Indian Military releases video on the first anniversary of #OperationSindoor against Pakistani terrorists and their backers in Rawalpindi.
Operation Sindoor continues.. 🇮🇳🫡
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View denied JoJo the win & just see it how ... 🤯
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BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2026 Men's Team Thomas Cup - Group D - R2 21 20 22 🇹🇭Kunlavut VITIDSARN🥇 16 22 20 🇮🇩Jonatan CHRISTIE 🕚 in 88 minutes
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