Jugal Bhinde is an artist and journalist who lives in the Netherlands. He graduated from Utrecht University in 2021 with a master's degree in Conflict Studies and Human Rights. Prior to that he worked as a journalist in Kashmir, Jordan, and the West Bank. He was an intern with Palestine-Israel Journal.
Like Israel, India is facing the erosion of its democratic institutions and a shift to the
far-right that is unparalleled in its history. With signs of autocracy appearing in India
and Israel, the big question is whether the protest movements will be able to reverse
these negative trends.