"Democratic Rain"

On Wednesday, August 31, 2005, under India Empowered series published in Indian Express, BHAIRON SINGH SHEKHAWAT, VICE_PRESIDENT, stated*,

“It is a matter of great pride that our country today enjoys the outstanding distinction of having evolved a vibrant and dynamic parliamentary system of democracy. India’s experience of past five decades is a story of success of democracy in a populated nation that has shown how complex problems can be addressed within the constitutional and democratic framework.”

After this beautifully crafted statement he slowly introduced series of major problems of India – from Education to Election, Justice to Inequalities,… If A reads first half of the article and B reads the second half they may discuss:

A: “Author seems optimist. He is proud of being a part of great Indian culture and democratic system.”

B: “Author is quite pessimist. He has raised lots of issues. It seems like India is in unprecedented jeopardy. Democracy is the hidden scoundrel.”

But, when they come to know that both have read two parts of the same article, written by the same author what will they talk about?

A: “Though he praises democratic framework and Indian System, I don’t find it worth eulogizing. As after more than 50 years of Independence we are still under-performing.

I feel we have lost India to save democracy!!! ”

[*http://www.indiaempowered.com/full_story.php?content_id=77293]

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Have you ever thought beyond democracy? Is it a best system of governance? Is there any side effect of democracy? Law of Inertia sticks us to our surrounding, our origin, our customs and our tradition. Though we often complain about other’s habits we never find ours strange. Because habits are the part of our existence and we cannot think beyond our existence. Same is the case for democracy. We have never thought beyond democracy.

Majority is a day dream for Indian Political Parties, and in fancy-avaricious alliances we are losing important deals and discussions in parliament. All are interested in their own interest and so no one is interested in All’s Interest. Proposals (or demands?) for separate states is mushrooming. We lost nuclear deal in 2008 (and government did it successfully on 21st February 2010 after passing the “Agni Pariksha” of vote of confidence). Different people, different parties, different demands, different motives, different views, different plans but same frustrating result – “India Suffering & Democracy Shining”. One mind may lead to disaster but hundred minds guarantee it. Should we really proud to be a biggest democratic country?

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It’s monsoon. We are planning to shift to new apartment. I pray for a dry day. Some critical construction work of my uncle’s new bungalow is going to be done tomorrow. He prayed for “a dry tomorrow. In a country of 1000 million people don’t you think that everybody prays for “A Dry Tomorrow”. And if God is indulgent towards “Democratic Framework” then there would be no rain. One will be happy and rest will be restless. The cycle goes on.

And this “Democratic Rain” never comes...