Delhi High Court’s ‘virtual touch’ judgment ignores agency of teenagers

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Going by the Indian media coverage of the United States, you might think Washington keeps awake at night worrying about India’s “democratic backsliding” and planning to meddle in the Indian elections. America has far bigger worries keeping it restless, but that barely gets discussed in India. The US is in the middle of a general election that could alter its political, economic and geopolitical orientation. It comes amid Washington’s struggle to cope with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Europe, China’s expansionism in Asia, and the war in Gaza that has enveloped American domestic politics. The US is yet to...