What are some examples of a threat to democracy in India?
09.06.2025 11:59
We need to learn from them, instead of waiting the same to happen to us
Ignoring continuous rise of fake religious gurus
So many instances of this, even College teacher fail students in class with no explanation at times
Rajput kings and the community villainized by many movies and communities
Ignoring the pollution in rivers, air and even sound
Ignoring the damage caused by criminal activities such as rapes, murders, loot, deceit and whatnot
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How many of you know the glorious past of Sikkim?
Some religions act as MNCs, they have missionaries spread across the world to propagate their religious ideas
Himalayan glaciers system is the largest except for South and North pole
Ignoring the demands and rights of minority community
Law and order is extremely favorable to rich, and is extremely difficult for poor
Even local goons in small areas enjoy power, is it reasonable?
Why is there communal tensions across the length and breadth of this nation?
Ignoring the history of the nation, and ignoring those who gave their blood for the existence of Indian way of life and civilization
Ignoring the reasons that led to disintegration and downfall of our civilization numerous times since the ancient age
We still act feeble in many instances, does Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibbet, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and other nations recognise and appreciate the fact that their way of life has been heavily inspired and altered by ours?
Patriots and fighters like Chandrasen Rathore, Durgadas Rathore, Rao Shekha have been completely eliminated from the history books
Ignoring the melting of glaciers (lifeline of Indian civilization through its rivers)
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Ignoring misuse of power by those in power
How can terrorists win elections in India, specially those who want to create new nation?
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Inflation is hitting them hard, many In India have no job, health security, the BPL limit is so low that most earning meagre amounts get nothing from the government
Many movements are ongoing to disintegrate India, are we getting soft due to the fear of elections? Or are we fearful of these forces?
Reservation keep on increasing for underserved, this causes unrest to some degree
How many of you know the glorious past of North East India?
New roads are made in locality when senior leaders visit, when they themselves are responsible for the bad condition of roads
I think I said earlier as well, designated criminals are becoming politicians
Have you been arrested or investigated?
We act feeble when strength is needed, specially before 2014
Specially the Tata factory that Mamta refused due to local demand caused much distress for the greater good of the state
Princely states were promised respect and limited powers in the instrument of accession.
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Bhutan is also sandwiched between great powers
Ganga/Yamuna are amongst the most polluted rivers in the world
Ignoring the middle class
How many wishes do people get on their birthday?
Ignoring the fact that other government systems could be as good as democracy in a given situation
I'm telling about my community only, but similarly thousands of communities and classes have done so much for our nation, but are forgotten while invaders are idolised
Maldives changes their narratives every quarter of the year and many in China ignore Indian presence only
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Locations like Kashi Vishwanath, and Mathura are still not handed over completely to Hindus, this is one small example
Ignoring the roots of our civilization that gives every state and every district of this great nation an individual identity
I hope that doesn't happen anytime soon, as it's after around 1600 years that India is in a largely united state under someone with Indian ethnicity and blood on the leadership position, and if we continue this trend for long time, then inevitably India will rise to a superpower status as it did long back in the history and kept that status for a long period of time.
Is it recommended to leave a note in a lost wallet asking for it to be returned?
How many times have we marched with candles for the same crime?
1400 millions need too much water, it's the most precious resource we have
Ignoring our neighborhood and reasons for their failures in respective countries
North East India was ignored till 2014, and is being ignored again now
Ignoring corruption on all levels of Indian society
Talking about the capital to realise the situation everywhere else.
Ignoring the rich
Can Sabarmati river front not be developed in Delhi?
Farming laws were repelled
Rajasthani was never given a language status, even now Rajasthani politician even fought for the same. It was a rich state turned to BIMARU by ignoring
Delhi looks like capital of an African nation at places, specially rivers
Ignoring the fact that external powers may want to isolate and destruct Indian society and democracy for personal gains
Many Hindus are still being converted forcefully, if there are people actively trying to do that, why is there no one actively trying to stop that?
As you must see, most of them may seem a minor issue, but if we keep it going for long, it's definitely a concern of Indian integrity at some point in time.
Kashmir? Rajasthan? Bihar? How old is Varanasi, can something be told about every century in that city?
But if that equation changes anytime, all of these issues have potential to get 1400 million people to revolt and get the democracy of this nation in turmoil.
Like Hindus might be concerned about the first point, but they get a lot in return except for the first point, hence they haven't revolted.
Ignoring the demands and rights of majority community
Ignoring the reasons that led to disintegration and downfall of other civilizations numerous times since the ancient age
Are Hindu spritual gurus all as pious as they claim?
Are we reading and studying and altered version of history made from the perspective of external forces?
The less I say, the better
Ignoring some states, or prioritizing one state over the other
How can a murderer become a serving MP in Samajvadi Party?
Why Delhi is amongst the most unsafe city in India despite being the capital?
Assuming that democracy is best, or parmanent, or perpetual is not wise.
How can Waqt board claim a land area equivalent to Pakistan within India?
Dawood Ibrahim had more power than most in Mumbai, how come this was allowed?
Ignoring sensitive issues on local levels, amongst communities and societies
Honking is the national pastime of Indians when on roads
No competition coming to Adani and Ambani, along with other parmanent rich houses of India, how come new billionaires not rising with same intensity?
Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and some other communities have been left unattended in the major outlook of the nation. They have few formal government positions.
Same goes for someone like Sikhs in the second point, or Muslims.
Villages upon villages are being converted, hundreds upon hundreds
IPS officers have the best homes in many cities, how? Talking about 30 crore plus homes in posh locations in Jaipur itself
Ignoring the influence of Indian civilization across South East Asia
People question whether India was created by British
Jaipur Rajmata was put in Jail, when the king of Jaipur was fighting without accepting a single rupee in Salary for India against Pakistan and won an entire district, which remains the only time when we conquered a land area of Pakistan
Bangladesh is a mess, Sri Lanka is repairing itself from a mess.
Desertification? Glaciers meltdown? Our Quarries are getting empty of stones
Failure to understand the scope of Indian civilization and it's longevity over thousands of years to do things suitable only for 5 year election cycle
No one wants India to rise, USA wants their benefits, China wants theirs. Trusting others is never wise, make your own way. You can't become first with help from others.
How come Maharashtra and Gujarat get everything while UP and Bihar get nothing?
Ignoring the basic principles on which India gained it's existence in 1947
At that point, Indian Army and Lord Mountbatten both send notification to Indira Gandhi for his release. But how shameful for this to happen in the first place, when these Kingdoms agreed to merge with India wholeheartedly and unconditionally
New narratives are formed to win a short term election forgetting the ancient history and strength of our civilization
Many rich are leaving India the first chance they get, if government is not producing jobs and the rich are leaving, who remains to do that?
Nepal is too weak and hence easy for China and India to become a playground, and they abolished a Monarchy that worked well for them
Even a college president acts as if he has conquered India
India is a millenia old civilization, it's amongst the oldest continuously inhabited civilization in the world
Delhi is most polluted city in world
Ignoring consolidation of power under criminals of all kinds and all levels
Why no roads, water, drainage, sewage in Delhi?
India got disintegrated post Indus Valley Civilization, then again post Guptas.
Communism in Bengal pushed it's development several decades back
Should local officers in a district be as powerful as they are?
Should the power of Maulvis be checked?
Ecosystems are collapsing, landslides are increasing
Are we doing anything about the fact that even in 2024, all small villages in India are filled with religious conmans?
Ignoring the development oriented demands and giving in to backward progressing demands of people
Every community has its own history, how many are in mainstream? And how many take pride in it?
What you get is always greater than what you risk, and hence the system continues.
It's the reason for our population, it's the reason for our civilization, it's the biggest crisis and we are ignoring it
Why Ram Rahim gets so many bails?
These are all a threat to Indian democracy to a varying degree.
Should it have taken so long to remove Brijbhushan?
Not just that, the district was awarded back to Pakistan unconditionally, and Brigadier (Then Major) Bhawani Singh too was put in the Jail
Ignoring planned religious conversions
Peaks that never stayed without snow are now rocket
Failures surround us from all sides. Tibet in North is already broken, Pakistan in North West is a sign of our failure to keep a part of our nation
We need to understand and implement ideas to prevent these things to happen at some level or the other
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Russian, Aztec, Maya, Aboriginal Australians, Neanderthals, other Human species, all are totally lost or integrated into new identities
Ignoring climate change
But it was repelled by Indira Gandhi.
Indian civilization went into downfall post 1192 due to internal conflict and lack of unity
Sikhs, Muslims have considered themselves unattended in some cases, despite the stance that Government has shown favouritism towards them.
None of the these issue is unthought by the founders, nor does the current government take any of these issues lightly, but major concern is that conflicts within these issues can sometimes be seen. And it's only through extra hard work in other areas that these issues are usually prevented from becoming major.
Japan, USA, China, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America are all facing some or the other problems that ar leading to their decline at various pace
Ultimately, history teaches you something. This answer could be thought of as too generic for some and I apologise for that, there are obviously more concerns as well, but none is too great at the moment for our civilization. But if we have to last for centuries, we must think about all these and more to ensure consistency of our past, present and future.
Indian civilization went into extreme dark times post the Nadir Shah debacle and under British
Should there be so few traffic challans in a country of our size and driving IQ?
Royals were jailed, their treasures were stolen
Is the penalty for such crimes severe enough?
Manipur violance? Mostly interested community violance directly finds its roots in national and international politics and meddling
Playing vote bank politics and ignoring the burning desire of a common man to succeed in life through meritocracy and efforts
Ignoring the systematic institutions that promote disintegration of India
I'm stating small examples to illustrate how common is this, imagine the larger scales involved
Ignoring city planning
The world is filled with countless empires and civilizations that felt that their systems are unconquerable and their power was absolute
Ignoring forced religious conversions
Not letting go of the VIP culture and not letting go of power trip enjoyed by Beurocrats and politicians
Ignoring the poor
Ignoring the reasons that are leading right now to disintegration and decline of major civilizations
Let's not become an example for that, let's empower our democracy to become the best form of government, rather than just expecting it to be.