DEMOCRACY INSIGHT

written by: Khyati Srivastava   (khyati.khush@gmail.com)   India! The world’s youngest democracy and being 2 nd most populous nation after China, happens to be world’s largest democracy too. The Indian democracy is though youngest, but still considered as the most mature democracy. The preamble to the Indian constitution says “WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVERIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC…” These 5-features rendered India is unique identity in the world politics. To put in other words, these are the 5- mantras that empowers each and every Indian to be free & equal. Here no-one is a ruler, but everyone is.    Every five years we have elections, where people elect their representatives, who will run the Nation for coming five-years. Most important to note here is that any Indian citizen can stand for elections. Yes! Anybody. Each and every Indian has the right to stand for elections and dream to have po

written by: Khyati Srivastava   (khyati.khush@gmail.com)   ‘Komal hai kamzor nahi, Shakti ka naam hi nari hai!’  India is a country where Nation is respected as Mother India. The country trapped by dogmatic customs, but still the youngest democracy of the world that gave voting rights to women since its formation. However, the manuwadi culture and dogmatic customs that has been followed in all sections and communities of our society since so many years has held its roots so deep that we are still reviving our social system and give women their deserved status. When Indian elections happen to be no less than big fat Indian weddings, women also have their crucial in Indian democracy. Here we shall see this role in two aspects, one their voter turnout, and second participation in power, in special reference to General Elections 2014.   1.      Women voter turnout: Gender-wise voter turnout break-up figures were not accounted before 1967. Separate voter turno

written by: Khyati Srivastava    (khyati.khush@gmail.com) The big fat Indian ‘Elections’ ! India, world’s largest democracy! With adult suffrage at 18years of age, India has voting rights to all Indian citizens. With this power is said to directly vested in the hands of people of the nation, and they vote to send their representatives to the Parliament for looking after the governance of the Nation as a whole. Recently India had its General Elections in 9-phases from March to May’2014 to constitute 16 th Lower House of the country. The nation was longing for change, and this desire to overcome the corrupt & ineffective governance resulted into the higher turnout as well as clear majority to ‘Modi-led BJP government’. It was definite that BJP will overthrow congress at the centre, but the magnitude of success was absolutely thundering. Hats-off to Indian Democratic structure! There were so many contestants who fought for the first time, with a very little ground e