Suhas Palshikar, based in Pune, was a professor of political science and is currently chief editor of the journal, ‘Studies in Indian Politics’. His recent work includes 'Indian Democracy', in the Oxford India Short Introductions series.
There is crisis today in Indian democracy but the long-term context is a growth of ‘sub-democratic’ politics. This has made democracy vulnerable to erosion and capture as in the current regime. Can…
