23 days ago · India
How a village in Uttar Pradesh revived India’s lost art of public debate
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to India. The first report grouped here was at 23 Sept 2026, 09:00 UTC. The headline in use is “How a village in Uttar Pradesh revived India’s lost art of public debate”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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As political discourse in the country is increasingly suppressed and polarised, in a village tent, a local magistrate’s attempt to bring back a national tradition attracted thousands of participants The setting for perhaps the country’s biggest exercise in public debate was quintessential rural India: fields of green paddy, a pond…
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- First reported by The Guardian UK
How a village in Uttar Pradesh revived India’s lost art of public debate
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- The Guardian