India’s cruelty to its critics shows the deterioration of the world’s largest democracy

After interrogation, in fear of incarceration, the Rev. Swamy recorded a video. “What is happening to me is not something unique, happening to me alone,” he said. “It is the broader process that is taking place all over the country.… Prominent intellectuals, lawyers, writers, poets, activists, student leaders. They are all put into jail because they have expressed their dissent or raised their questions about the ruling powers of India.” For his activism, he said, “I am ready to pay the price.”