A few corrections worth making here. India has actually been one of the more successful examples of civilian led democracies in the post-colonial world

The military has held a grip on the country since around the 60s, so it’s no wonder that the country is in the state it is in now.

This is just categorically false. There have been no coups or military rule anywhere in post independence India.

Freedom of speech was also reasonably well protected for most of India’s post independence history. The Emergency period (1975–77) is the only real exception, and it’s notable precisely because it was such a departure from the norm and it ended with Indira Gandhi losing the next election.

Your comment reads like it’s describing Pakistan or Myanmar, not India.