CAN WE TOLERATE DICTATORIAL DEMOCRACY? The change from Trump to Biden holds great significance for India due a sizeable electorate admires Trump and similar parallels in India. There Instituions and the courts held! Religion and hype/propaganda was not permitted to overule law. A democratic government might and court judicious pronouncements in India must be tempered with dignity and magnanimity bent towards the poor and helpless. Parliament must be allowed to function democratically not avoid discussion and bulldoze ordinances! The prolonged farmers agitation (luckily a force to reckon with) and actions resulting are purely the result of undemocratic behavior by a majority government which brings back memories of our foregn rulers. To quote Shashi Taroor who I understand is booked along with senior prominent journalists for sedition "We have free speech before , but not after making it!" Where is freedom of the Press to report freely and without fear what they see and hear, correct and update as it unfolds? Stand up comedians are behind bars for what they intend to say, and not even given bail. It broke my heart to have witnessed the migrant labor and Dalit travails, millions of loss of jobs, and the controversial High Court POSCO rulings among others! An Agra couple after 5 years in prison on false charges, finally reunited with their minor children. What about this horror brought into their lives? Myntra forced to revamp brand mark because some people reportedly found design/color of letter M was indecent and denigrating women! Plenty of such stories of injustice and violence with impunity and government seems not the least bothered or unaware that its policies, actions and patronage might be the root cause of so much avoidable national pain! There is a saying "Pride goes before a fall" especially fuelled by ego.
