“Democracy is when the Indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.” -Aristotle
Witnessing several rulers, countless governments, and hundreds of battles throughout the history of human civilisation, we have emerged as the largest democratic ‘country’, but are we the largest democratic ‘nation’? The only constant (?) throughout the history of politics has been the voice of the citizens, loudest since the day they were ‘granted’ and ‘availed’ the right to vote. While we have preached ‘Of, by and for the people’ a little too much, do we really practice it? Let’s try to explore and rate India’s positives and negatives through the basic characteristics of democracy. Elections that are Free, Fair, and Frequent
Author-Gopi Shah