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The great thinkers spread ideas of democracy and freedom with a view to establishing a global welfare society. But
when applied to life by neo politicians, the great ideas gave rise to corruption, division of society causing negative
growth.
People of different nationalities refer to our country - India as one of the finest bounties which mother earth could
have ever received. It is acknowledged for its ever lasting traditions, tolerance, widespread culture, finest cuisine
and of course 1 of the most prominent factors……India is home to one of the largest democracies in the world. But
then if we put a second thought to it, what has India really achieved in these 62 years of independence?
Nowadays we hear the famous slogan 'INDIA SHINING' which is an indication of the fact that India is a developing
country in all means and is going 2 turn into a superpower in the next few years. But then, how can the government
think of a superpower when its basic pillar of democracy has still not been established. We have heard the proverb
that 'birds don't foul their own nest'. Then why do we try to foul our motherland? A peak into all the metropolitan
cities reveals our true state of disaster……..home for poverty, unhygienic living conditions, corruption, crime,
bribery, dirty politics, badly knit judiciary, discrimination against women, hurdles against empowerment of the
backward, unfaithful law enforcers and many more at one side and politicians boasting Z+ category security,
thousands of Ambanees on he other side . Is this what we call democracy? It can be basically explained in three
phrases: 'for the people' 'of the people' and 'by the people' and do any of these factual descriptions that I had earlier
mentioned speak optimistically about our country.
Stuff like poverty has been persistent in our country right from the age of British rule. Even though every government
introduced a number of schemes to empower the poor, the end result has always been the same "the poor remains
ever poor". Why not? Because most part of the fund which is raised for these causes are basically LOST ON THE
WAY which when decoded means that most of the money goes into the middle men's pocket which includes
politicians. This, my dear friends is a perfect example of corruption and due to these India is ranked No1 in the list of
most corrupted countries.
Let me come on to another sphere of democracy. It provides equality among the citizens and racism, a democratic
government is expected not to support any specific religion, and people should have the liberty to practice, profess
and propagate any religion they like. If that is the case then why does India boast about its democracy even when
communal riots takes place, on every now and then, the most infamous being the Gujarat riots of 2006. This grudge
between people of different religions also leads to widespread terrorism with which the government hasn't been
able to cope up with. Examples are that of militant groups of various religions, which try to fight for their religion,
Jihad being specific. Then if we take the case of the relation of religion with politics we find that some of the
prominent political parties favour specific religions in order to create what is called a vote bank. All Indian political
parties favour certain religion directly or indirectly for their political mileage. After all the "Kursi" is what wields
power and the power hungry lot will adopt any unethical means grab it. Who is bothered about the mother land. If
you have power you are respected be it money or muzzle.
Gandhiji once said that 'religion can never be separated from politics'. What he meant to say was that, people from
all walks of life should take inspiration from the morals which are provided from religions and not to use it for any
kind of immoral purposes. But if this is the situation in our country, how can we call ourselves a democracy?
Lets move about another sphere of democracy which improves the quality of life of the people. A democratic
government ensures and helps in maintaining and increasing the DIGNITY of the individual. The basic dignity arises
from leading a comfortable life and this life is achieved by having a satisfying income. But then, what can we say
about our country whose 2/3 of the population is living in utter poverty. According to a census conducted in 2006 the
per capita income or the average income of an Indian was found out to be Rs28000 compared to the deadline or the
deciding line of Rs35000 which categorized countries as developed and underdeveloped. This truly is a very tragic
situation. If basic amenities required for daily life cannot be afforded by the people, then what is the use of
democratic rights?

These things which I have mentioned have been clearly understood by the famous and talented director Danny
Boyle inspiring him to make the Oscar winning movie 'Slumdog Millionaire'. It depicts the mundane life of the poor
Mumbaikars. The movie gives us the basic impression of our present-day-government and its senseless and
inefficient bureaucrats working, whose consequences the people have to of-course suffer. But since cultivating
optimism is the best option which Danny Boyle knew very well, he added a tinge of happiness to the movie. It
showed us that despite the sufferings they (the poor) suffer and despite the hostile governmental decisions they have
to face, they live quite a happy and joyous life.
Let me give an example my dear friends. Where else in any part of the world would you find a whole family riding a
Bajaj scooter other than in India where people consider a mere scooter as a luxurious SUV. We sure do have a lot of
resources and Indians are also quite resourceful; that's the reason why most of the multi national companies prefer
Indians to work in their firms. We have the largest milk production in the world and also we have a appreciable hold
in wheat, rice, fertilizer, jute products etc. and soon we are also going to be added in the G-8 countries.
But all is not well in India as recent incidents reveal; The billion-dollar scandal involving software company Satyam
Computer Services, and the shocking findings of environmental degradation recently released by Joakim Larsson, a
research scientist from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, reveal how corruption prevails in India, despite all it
has achieved in the past six decades.
The only silver line I see, is the young generation, they have started thinking differently, fed up with dirty politics,
want educated lot to think and understand these problems we face and try to reinstate the glory of our great nation,
India, that our constitution makers knew and all can be proud of. What they basically have to know, is the means to
bridge the increasing divide between the classic haves and have-nots. Dear friends we need to work together hand
in hand to bridge this gap. Wipe out the pot bellied corrupt politicians, and bureaucrats who are seen as the
impediments to progress. Reinstate accountability in every sphere of life. This is the only solution for the political
and democratic instability that India is facing now. As Alfred E. Smith had once said:

'all the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy'
JAI HIND