As I write this review on the eve of 2025, much hasn’t changed when it comes to the status of democracy in India. If anything, there are increasing concerns that the gains of democratic consolidation since the inauguration of the Indian Constitution are withering away and giving ample space for the entrenchment of a majoritarian, anti-democratic political culture. The vile and morally corrupt politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party (“BJP”) have struck a chord with the voters, who continue to support its exclusionist vision of India. Many have been emboldened, and millions converted thanks to several television news platforms working as the BJP’s spokesperson, the immense presence of BJP’s ideologues across WhatsApp groups, and its social media cell that continue to spew hate in its effort to radicalize society and repeat false narratives about India’s amrit kaal or ‘The Era of Elixir’.1)