Democracy for Display: The Illusion of Governance in New India
Aditya Dhaka , 6:55 p.m. Welcome to New India—where your privacy is a luxury, truth is a PR stunt, and democracy is on life support. In a land that once roared with the power of its Constitution—liberty, dignity, accountability—we now whisper under the weight of surveillance, suppression, and state-sponsored spectacle. Behind the blinding lights of election rallies, glowing press releases, and slogans that echo louder than substance, lies a silent coup against our rights. What’s being sold as reform is often repression in disguise. What’s paraded as progress is a calculated power grab. This isn’t governance—it’s gaslighting at a national scale. And if you think you’re still free, maybe it’s time to ask: who’s watching you—and why? THE DIGITAL PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION ACT, 2023 It was branded as a step toward securing citizens' digital rights, is ironically one of the most dangerous tools of state overreach in recent memory. While claiming to uphold privacy, it grants the Unio...