India : As Democratic
In India we proudly claim we are the largest democracy we seldom talk about equality , dignity , gender parity, free thinking and habit of questioning. Democracy is a modern concept in the sense of predominant mode ruling, getting popularity from the days of the French Revolution. Imperialism was largely responsible for the rise of democracy. Britain and the USA have been great examples of rise of democracy . American Civil War and post Civil War events were responsible for the rise of the democratic system in a very deeply divided country. Might of the US tells us how democratic principles have been the driving force to make a highly divided US society the strongest nation in the world. And this was made possible by the process of questioning, free thinking, demanding dignity and demanding equality. In India after getting Independence we soon forgot the values of independent and so we are paying the price. In the US time and again authoritarian tendencies tried to be so important that it could be driving force but it could succeeed only when for the first time in centuries of American history Trump could rise to presidency. But here in India we soon allowed this tendency not only to thrive but also to capture the center stage after the Great Freedom Struggle . The irony is that the US had no one parallel to our Gandhi but we soon lost him too. In the entire American history no important leader has ever dared to challange founding fathers but here we experience differently. When you attack your founding fathers you are not only attacking great personalities rather at the same time you are attacking the great values for which and great zeal , courage and dedication with which our Founding Fathers stood for freedom, dignity and democracy. One may feel satisfied by satisfying one's ego but this ego is satisfied at the cost of dignity , nationhood and freedom.