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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Free_Voice > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Free_Voice.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Voice > Source revision: 1301598410 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2019 non-fiction book The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture And The Nation First edition Author Ravish Kumar Translators Chitra Padmanabhan, Anurag Basnet, Ravi Singh[1] Language English Published 27 February 2018 Publisher Speaking Tiger Books Publication place India ISBN 9389231191 ***The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture And The Nation*** is a non-fiction book written by [Ramon Magsaysay Award](/source/Ramon_Magsaysay_Award)-winning journalist [Ravish Kumar](/source/Ravish_Kumar)[2] on India's democracy and its backsliding under [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_India) [Narendra Modi](/source/Narendra_Modi).[3][4][a]. A revised and updated edition was released in August 2019 with a new Introduction, and two additional essays examining the developments since the [2019 Indian general election](/source/2019_Indian_general_election).[10] ## Notes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Sources describing that [India](/source/India) has experienced a [backslide in democracy](/source/Democratic_backsliding):[5][6][7][8][9] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation"](https://caravanmagazine.in/bookshelf/the-free-voice-on-democracy-culture-and-the-nation). *The Caravan*. Retrieved 1 December 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Raman, Anuradha (7 April 2018). ["The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation review: Looking through glass"](https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/the-free-voice-on-democracy-culture-and-the-nation-review-looking-through-glass/article23465517.ece). *The Hindu*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0971-751X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0971-751X). Retrieved 9 September 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Ramani, Priya (2 May 2018). ["Ravish Kumar's book is required reading for every Indian who stays silent against hate and bigotry"](https://scroll.in/article/877556/ravish-kumars-book-is-required-reading-for-every-indian-who-stays-silent-against-hate-and-bigotry). *Scroll.in*. Retrieved 9 September 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Review: Democracy and Debate in the Time of 'IT Cell'"](https://thewire.in/books/ravish-kumar-book). *The Wire*. Retrieved 9 September 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Brunkert, Lennart; Kruse, Stefan; Welzel, Christian (3 April 2019). ["A tale of culture-bound regime evolution: the centennial democratic trend and its recent reversal"](http://fox.leuphana.de/portal/de/publications/a-tale-of-culturebound-regime-evolution-the-centennial-democratic-trend-and-its-recent-reversal(2b6baaf4-3942-4491-92ca-55782d455a62).html). *Democratization*. **26** (3): 422–443. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/13510347.2018.1542430](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13510347.2018.1542430). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1351-0347](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1351-0347). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [148625260](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:148625260). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-:2_6-0)** Khaitan, Tarunabh (26 May 2020). ["Killing a Constitution with a Thousand Cuts: Executive Aggrandizement and Party-state Fusion in India"](https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/lehr/14/1/article-p49.xml). *Law & Ethics of Human Rights*. **14** (1): 49–95. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1515/lehr-2020-2009](https://doi.org/10.1515%2Flehr-2020-2009). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[11343/241852](https://hdl.handle.net/11343%2F241852). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [2194-6531](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2194-6531). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [221083830](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:221083830). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-:4_7-0)** Ganguly, Sumit (18 September 2020). ["India's Democracy Is Under Threat"](https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/18/indias-democracy-is-under-threat/). *[Foreign Policy](/source/Foreign_Policy)*. Retrieved 27 November 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["India: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report"](https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-world/2021). *[Freedom House](/source/Freedom_House)*. 2021. While India is a multiparty democracy, the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has presided over discriminatory policies and increased violence affecting the Muslim population. The constitution guarantees civil liberties including freedom of expression and freedom of religion, but harassment of journalists, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and other government critics has increased significantly under Modi. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Goel, Vindu; Gettleman, Jeffrey (2 April 2020). ["Under Modi, India's Press Is Not So Free Anymore"](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-press-media.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 9 March 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["The Free Voice - Speaking Tiger Books"](https://speakingtigerbooks.com/product/the-free-voice/). *Speaking Tiger Books*. 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