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India's trysts with authoritarianism

Mr Joseph opines that the threat of losing democratic ethos has been looming over India for far too long now

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(Book Cover) The Silent Coup: A History of India’s Deep State

Saurabh Sharma
The Silent Coup: A History of India’s Deep State
Author: Josy Joseph
Publisher: Context (Westland)
Pages:306
Price: Rs 699

Why would a CBI official be denied interrogating three high-profile Hindutva ideologues? Even though all evidence would point to Indore for the “second time”, in a lead to the 2006 Malegaon blasts, why would the security establishment not initiate a chase for (now MP) Pragya Singh Thakur? How can directors of a Delhi-based petrochemical company fly safely to London after having been booked for money laundering and circular trading of diamonds, among other financial irregularities?

Josy Joseph, investigative journalist and founder of digital media start-up Confluence Media,