Trust restored but democracy is in judgment

Democracy – and India
What we are reading online, watching on UTUBE and local (in India) TV are not what I set-out to write on this Blog. As saying goes, if there is a smell of fish there may be a cat if not fish at all.
If one had watched and read most of the transcript of the TRUST vote (July 21-22) sessions, one would fell dejected and withdrawn from the democratic system. Here begins the danger – when a large portion of citizen forced to withdraw from a democratic system, that democracy is no longer reliable and is bound to be exploitive.
Media now has much harder job to perform – it has professional responsibilities to bring the democratic system to live by constantly creating sincere pressure to bring out the truth before the established systems get ready to make it know for public. It is the media who can bring the TRUST of the CITIZEN back to the democracy. A good democracy system is a direct reflection of the tenacity and performance of the nation’s editorial class (media of all outfits).

As Professor Oza said in his recent interview that current episode of Indian Politics put a shadow on the pride of the India – which is easy to lose and hard to restore

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Ryan Baidya
California Takshila University