12, Jan 2024 | RAHUL MUKHERJI,ADITYA SHRIVASTAVAA free civic space regulated under constitutionally guaranteed principles is the essence of democracy. India is lucky to have an unusually diverse and vibrant civil society. Domestic funding of non- and anti-communal NGOs is also under siege. Building on the Opposition’s standThe last bastion and ray of hope for India’s democracy is its civic space. It will also need to mobilise the anti-communal and progressive civic space in its favour to save democracy.

Source: The Hindu January 12, 2024 16:58 UTC