Context: Public opinion in democracies is now fashioned within cocoons of privilege and power, untroubled by factuality or diversities in perception.
Defining Truth: It is often regarded as a metaphysical construct, though it has a more pragmatic dimension as a process of accurately recording perceptions, and ensuring they become part of an agreed social record.
Threats to the truth: (sourced by public opinion and also an influencer of public opinion)
Conclusion: The challenge remains for India to tap the sources of countervailing power to neutralise this drift towards a world of alternative truths.