Ven. Akshay Kamble

What are the prospects of democracy in India? - by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar  The subject assigned to me is, “What are the prospects of democracy in India?” Most Indians speak with great pride as though their country was already a democracy. The foreigners also, when they sit at a dinner table to do diplomatic honor to India, speak of the Great Indian Prime Minister and the Great Indian Democracy. From this, it is held without waiting to argue that where there is a Republic, there must be a democracy. It is also supposed that where there is Parliament which is elected by the people on adult suffrage and the laws are made by the People’s Representatives in Parliament elected after few years, there is the democracy. In other words, democracy is understood to be a political instrument and where this political instrument exists, there is a democracy. Is there democracy in India or is there no democracy in India? What is the truth? No positive answer can be given unless the confusion ca