“I see this all the time in academia…people conflate their own political views with an evaluation of the health of democracy. I think academics have a real moral responsibility to be careful about not allowing our biases to influence our expert judgements,” said Prof Salvatore Babones in an exclusive interview with Firstpost, while questioning the validity of various established indices. Talking about the authenticity of the international rankings, the sociologist said: “I have offered facts about India that Indians should be aware of. I have also offered facts about the International rankings, I think there is a tendency among people...