Panchayati Raj Panchayati Raj was a pious dream of our great leader Mahatma Gandhi who wanted to strengthen democracy at the grassroots level by this system. In our country, seventy percent of the population is in rural areas. As such, amidst widespread diversity and various...
National Integration India has many races, nationalities, castes, subs castes, and communities, but so far the heart of India is concerned it is one. It is true that societies that have been integrated into bonds of unity have always enjoyed peace, stability, prosperity, and permanence....
Indian Politics Today Today the Indian political culture has touched a new low and the struggle for power has assumed an ugly aspect. As a result, there are daily splits, new alignments and misalliances, and turnabouts. It is an occasion that we must now think...
Democracy in India Democracy in India, according to Abraham Lincoln, is measured as a two-thirds democracy only. In India, we have a government of the people and by the people but it is not for the people. For a full-fledged democracy in India, there are...
Indian Political Scenario India was declared a Sovereign free State in the year 1950, and, the patriots who had struggled for this event could never have visualized that, after fifty years of that great event, India would be in such a dilapidated political shape as...
A Novel Dictatorship It is believed by all and sundry that dictatorship is a thing of the past and now, all countries of the world can bask in the sunshine of freedom and liberty. However, to me, this appears to be quite a misnomer in...
Lessons We Learn From History History is one subject in the galaxy of subjects that teaches its readers not only the subject but also a lot of wisdom. Most people hold the view that history is just a list of events that have occurred and...
Secularism in India What is Secularism, and what is a secular State? As far as India is concerned, it seems that these definitions are even not much clear to the Government itself, or, it is trying to maintain the enigma that secularism is, what the...
Reservation Reservation for a certain section of society in independent India has become a major issue of discussion, dissension, debate, and bitterness. When India got its freedom from the British yoke in 1947, the framers of the Indian Constitution made these reservations for that section...
Democracy and Public Opinion Since democracy has been defined as, “the Government of the people, by the people and for the people,” the crucial role of public opinion cannot be underestimated. It is the public which gives its views about a government by exercising its...
