a democratic india will not survive. vast majority of people think democracy is an utopia ensured by mere elections. that simply is not so. democracy is a participatory system which demands way more than voting for somebody every so often. democracy is resposnibility of the people on a ggreater scale than that of its govt. the role of media as 4th estate is no longer useful as media is just another business, not intended to inform so much as to make money.
democracy is for the people who value freedom to the point that they can be eternally vigilant. which in turn requires a lot resources which india simply doe snot have. in india people must remain busy trying to make ends meet, hardly a situation conducive to vigilance.
by contrast india, essentially a hindu pagan/kafir country has highly entrenched enemies who have the most fundmantal problem with idol worshipping. xtians believe idol worshippers are immoral people who belong in hell. however, the spiritual soundness of idolators presents a huge challenge to them because xtianity is pretty skimpy on spirituality and hence it is impossible for xtianity to retain its flock should they get educated about hinud spirituality. and hence hinduism presents a huge challnege to xtain society. mohamadans have even a bigger problem with idolatory. their cruelness is well known, and there are many mommedan countries that outright discriminate against hindus.
a hindu democratic india is ripe for picking by india's enemy when the ene
