--- title: Debasish Roy Chowdhury | TIME description: Debasish Roy Chowdhury is the co-author of To Kill A Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism canonical: https://time.com/author/debasish-roy-chowdhury/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/debasish-roy-chowdhury/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Debasish Roy Chowdhury  ## Debasish Roy Chowdhury Debasish Roy Chowdhury is the co-author of [_To Kill A Democracy: India’s Passage to Despotism_](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/to-kill-a-democracy-9780198848608?cc=us&lang=en&)  ## Debasish Roy Chowdhury *  Apr 24, 2024 ### [How India's Economy Has Really Fared Under Modi](https://time.com/6969626/india-modi-economy-election/) Talk of an economic miracle is foundational to Modi's appeal and legitimacy at home. Yet his record ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 11, 2023 ### [Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim Is on a Mission to Save Malaysia’s Democracy](https://time.com/6321317/malaysia-anwar-ibrahim-interview/) TIME sits down with the democracy icon in Kuala Lumpur nearly a year after taking office. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 11, 2023 ### [5 Takeaways from TIME’s Interview With Anwar Ibrahim](https://time.com/6321926/5-takeaways-anwar-ibrahim-interview/) In a freewheeling interview, TIME spoke to Malaysia's leader about restoring democracy, great-power ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 26, 2023 ### [How Bollywood Rolled Over to Hindu Supremacists](https://time.com/6250414/bollywood-hindu-supremacists/) A fear of hurting "Hindu sentiments" has led to movies that viewers just don't like. But a bright sp... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 9, 2022 ### [Islamic Outrage Against India Won't Protect Its Muslims](https://time.com/6185355/india-bjp-muslim-world-prophet/) Delhi has tried to mend fences after remarks by BJP officials angered Islamic countries. It won't he... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 3, 2022 ### [For India's Muslims, Eid al-Fitr Brings Little to Celebrate](https://time.com/6172901/eid-al-fitr-muslims-india/) Hindu mob violence and state persecution have left India's Muslims more fearful than ever of their p... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 30, 2022 ### [_The Kashmir Files_ Marks India’s Descent Into Darkness](https://time.com/6162035/kashmir-files-india-hindu-muslim/) Released in theaters in March, the film is stirring up vicious Hindu bigotry and making Muslims even... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 7, 2022 ### [Here's Why the U.S. Doesn't Mind India's Silence On Ukraine](https://time.com/6154734/india-ukraine/) Keeping quiet about the invasion of Ukraine by longstanding ally Russia suits India's strategic goal... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 10, 2021 ### [Joe Biden’s Democracy Summit Is the Height of Hypocrisy](https://time.com/6127359/biden-summit-for-democracy/) Far from defending freedom, the summit offers a legitimizing platform to some of democracy's worst o... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 9, 2021 ### [Sialkot Lynching: Pakistan, India and the Trap of Extremism](https://time.com/6126486/sialkot-lynching-pakistan-india/) A horrific killing poses a stark warning to both nations about the cyclical dangers of stoking relig... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 24, 2021 ### [India's Farmers Force Modi to Retreat, For Now](https://time.com/6123001/modi-farmers-protests-farm-laws/) The potential benefits of his climbdown may far outweigh the momentary humiliation [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 4, 2021 ### [Is India Headed for an Anti-Muslim Genocide?](https://time.com/6103284/india-hindu-supremacy-extremism-genocide-bjp-modi/) To keep winning elections, India's ruling BJP needs to keep polarizing voters—and Muslims are paying... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 10, 2021 ### [After America, It’s China’s Turn to Worry about Masculinity](https://time.com/6096701/china-masculinity-gender/) Beijing's crackdown on "effeminate men" is typical empire-building behavior [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 16, 2021 ### [The Lessons for Asia as Biden Deserts Afghanistan](https://time.com/6090551/biden-afghanistan-taliban-lessons/) Afghanistan again serves as a reminder of America’s capacity for mayhem [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 28, 2021 ### [Modi Never Bought Enough Vaccines. Now the World Is Paying](https://time.com/6052370/modi-didnt-buy-enough-covid-19-vaccine/) “India’s vaccine nationalism—along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s empty showboating—not only pl... 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