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Ep 163: Who Broke Our Republic?

The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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The Indian Constitution Was Not an Imposition

Nehru said that the Indian democratic experiment was not so much an imposition as a training exercise. The breakthrough of Hindu nationalism has happened precisely because India is a democratic society. Had India been anti-democratic secular republic like Turkey they would have been firing squads long time ago. And Hindu nationalists would not have been in a position to seize power. They might have here but not in the manner they have today.

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