more than mere elections

Has India lots of elections - and too little democracy?

Civil rights lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj who has been honored for her work by Harvard Law School is in jail, as an under trial. Charges are not yet framed.

Other academics and rights activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon agitation are also in jail. Citizens' fundamental right to question the government, is now in serious danger.

There is chilling disconnect between governance and citizens' issues.

Small, new state of Jharkhand needs a 5 phase election schedule.
Because three fourths of it still remain under Maoist influence.
Governance models have failed to deliver genuine welfare.
Elected governments fail the test of trust.

Unseen is the reality that without a free, empowered citizenry, there can be no real democracy.

- Sagarika Ghose,  Times of India,    November 7, 2019.

Rajyotsava '19

Defence of liberty is the best rationale for a nation.

The American Declaration of Independence focuses on protecting citizens' rights. This simple objective has been enough to make US, the world's greatest nation - on most indicators of human flourishing.

India could end up like China or Saudi Arabia - where citizens are disposable meat. Allowed to live if they obey; killed if they asked questions. Millions of citizens flee China and Saudi Arabia, every year. Poisonous idea of Hindu kingdom must be called out, as being against free India.

Sanjeev Sabhlok,   Swarna Bharat Party,   Times Of India,   October 30, 2019