Dr. Maya Tudor: Is Democracy Dying in India?

Is Democracy Dying? Is Democracy Dying in India in particular? In this Two Nobodys Podcast episode, Dr. Maya Tudor from the University of Oxford discusses the current state of democracy in India and what factors are contributing to its decline including the rise of Hindu nationalism, shrinking freedom of press, and the inabilities of India's democratic institutions (e.g. India's Supreme Court) to criticize the government.

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Dr. Maya Tudor is an Associate Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Dr. Tudor researches the origins of effective and democratic states with a regional focus on South Asia.

She is the author of two books, The Promise of Power: The Origins of Democracy in India and Autocracy in Pakistan (2013) and Varieties of Nationalism (with Harris Mylonas, 2023 ). She writes for the media on a regular basis, including in Foreign Affairs, Washington Post, New Statesman, The Hindu, India Express, and The Scotsman.