“We cannot take democracy for granted,” our guest says on this next show in our occasional series “The Power of Many.” He should know. He worked under Nicaraguan administrations that disappointed. Then the next one threw him in jail.

As India approaches the 75th anniversary of its independence, the future that the country’s founders envisioned — of a diverse, dynamic, egalitarian nation — has been cast in doubt. Historian Manu Bhagavan along with two journalists, Kapil Komireddi and Vidya Krishnan, help Will and Siva ponder whether India is, after all, too big to fly.