Watch India

Published May 5, 2004

Democracy can so be imposed by an occupying power. The British did it in India. It's pretty rough and ready and there was a period when it was suspended by martial law. But it's worked pretty well.

The press is free. The debates in the Lok Sabba, or Parliament, are raucous. Governments defeated at the polls actually give up power. More creatively still, Indian-style democracy now midway through...

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