As the elections progress, the newspaper articles become more and more hilarious, and it’s becoming obvious that our intended system of democracy is going down the drain.
Whether it is the tu-tu-main-main of the Congress and the BJP over the Babri Masjid ( Get Over It will you ?? I wish all these old people in these two parties get Alzheimer’s and just forget it !), or the so ridiculous manifesto of Samajwadi Party ( No stock markets, computers, machinery and English ? I see. Your ass. And my foot. We should meet .. ), or even the publicity stunts of the CM of Tamil Nadu ( If you want to die a graceful death, just get a private Russian assassin, or an ex-KGB agent to snipe you. You’ll be legendary I swear ), it’s really becoming a nice comedy show. And we are watching it, some of us enjoying it, others unable to do anything about it, unable to voice their opinions.
India is a perfect example where democracy is mockery. It is exploited so widely, that some reports suggest that more than half the votes could have been “sold” in rural areas. Really, this is not what Dr. B.R. Ambedkar expected. I think it’s high time that people realise that the Indian constitution was written over 60 years ago. And it was meant for that age.
This age is different. People are different. And the world is so different. Yet we hang on to every clause in the constitution. With all due respect to Indians in India, a huge fraction of the “intelligent” Indians are currently residing outside India. But yet we do not let them vote. They have a far better understanding of how the supposed democracy of India works. Yet nobody has dared to change that. After all, they “left” India for greener pastures. Why let them vote ? Really, there is no explanation that anyone can give to justify this right being unavailable to NRIs.
The amount of control that the politicians have over us is just too vast, and they’re bad for us. The Mumbai voter turnout was about 42% if I’m not mistaken. So that means, that the party with 22% of the votes will rule Mumbai, whereas they were only elected by as many people. Imagine that would you ? Almost 80% of Mumbai will be governed by someone they didn’t want, care about or give a damn about. Is this democracy ? I say No. And don’t be quick to blame it on the people for the voter turnout. We all know who is responsible for this.
I have always come to believe that the system of democracy would not work. Ever since I was introduced to this concept in school, I kept wondering as to how the people of the country can actually have so much power. I asked my teachers, and they assured me about being proud to be an Indian.
But, I am not proud to be an Indian. My sincere belief is that one can be only proud of his/her achievements in life, and not by virtue of being born in a country. I mean, wasn’t it just a matter of probablility that I ended up in India ? I could’ve been lying in the slums of Africa, or probably in a coffee shop in Neterlands. Who knows ? So what gives me the right to be proud of being born in this place ? It’s differen to be happy. Yes, I am happy to be an Indian. Not proud.
Another thing that really concerns me about India is the indifference towards the majority. Really, come to think of it, nobody cares about the rights of Hindus. They’re a majority. Yes, so what ? Are they just supposed to take anything you inflict onto them ? India is one of the few countries in which extra rights are provided to minorities, rather than the majority. I think this is something that has always caused a problem in India.
Just look at some other countries that are so successful right now. Eg : The Gulf. If you’re not a Muslim/national then your rights drop by a huge fraction. And you just have to deal with it. ( I’ve always believed monarchy to be a superior form of government than democracy.)
Anyways, I guess that’s enough complaints about India for one blog post. I’ll probably be lectured by a few “patriots“ (that’s what they call themselves. So Lame ! Get a life ! ) but I love criticism and love answering to it too ! I just like to think differently from what we are told by our media, our politicians and our government. The government. I do not trust a single thing the government says. No. of deaths in Godhra riots. Bull ! Amount of taxes spent on us. Bull ! I like doing my own research and formulating my own opinions of things, people, and especially the government. I mean, just give me one good reason to trust anything that they say. Are they officially affiliated to Harishchandra ? No.. They’re humans. And they lie. They’re politicans. And they lie even more. So please, do everyone a favor, and do not believe anything that the government tells you.
Ask questions and demand answers. That’s the only way out of this mess created by these 80 year old good-for-nothings.
i agree with you on only dont trust politicians but i am happy you dared to write a post .
keep it up
at least ur 1/10th like me
thanks 
India needs a change in the political scene.. A strong leader can do that in 5 years. But where is he?
Hmmm.. I wish I were Nostradamus
This is a rather misinformed article. You’re right about the problems, but I see nothing new in your words, except for rhetoric, and in some cases uninformed rhetoric.
The Gulf countries aren’t rich because they bestow second class citizenship on non Muslims (even that is debatable, I would say non Arabs) but rather because of oil income, it is a widely established fact.
What do you base your claim of monarchy as a “better” form of government than democracy? And what form do you think this monarchy would take anyway? There are nuances you know; an absolute monarchy differs markedly from a constitutional for example.