What are some examples of a threat to democracy in India?
09.06.2025 14:32
These are all a threat to Indian democracy to a varying degree.
Ignoring sensitive issues on local levels, amongst communities and societies
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
Ignoring corruption on all levels of Indian society
The world is filled with countless empires and civilizations that felt that their systems are unconquerable and their power was absolute
Ganga/Yamuna are amongst the most polluted rivers in the world
No competition coming to Adani and Ambani, along with other parmanent rich houses of India, how come new billionaires not rising with same intensity?
Assuming that democracy is best, or parmanent, or perpetual is not wise.
It's the reason for our population, it's the reason for our civilization, it's the biggest crisis and we are ignoring it
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How many of you know the glorious past of Sikkim?
Ignoring the rich
I think I said earlier as well, designated criminals are becoming politicians
Ignoring misuse of power by those in power
Ignoring the pollution in rivers, air and even sound
Royals were jailed, their treasures were stolen
What is the best way to get revenge on people who hurt you?
Patriots and fighters like Chandrasen Rathore, Durgadas Rathore, Rao Shekha have been completely eliminated from the history books
We act feeble when strength is needed, specially before 2014
Ignoring the history of the nation, and ignoring those who gave their blood for the existence of Indian way of life and civilization
How did Kate Mulgrew feel about Jeri Ryan joining the cast of Star Trek: Voyager?
Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and some other communities have been left unattended in the major outlook of the nation. They have few formal government positions.
So many instances of this, even College teacher fail students in class with no explanation at times
New roads are made in locality when senior leaders visit, when they themselves are responsible for the bad condition of roads
Ignoring our neighborhood and reasons for their failures in respective countries
Ignoring climate change
The less I say, the better
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Rajput kings and the community villainized by many movies and communities
How can a murderer become a serving MP in Samajvadi Party?
Ignoring the influence of Indian civilization across South East Asia
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Farming laws were repelled
Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greeks, Romans, Chinese, Russian, Aztec, Maya, Aboriginal Australians, Neanderthals, other Human species, all are totally lost or integrated into new identities
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.
Should the power of Maulvis be checked?
Why Delhi is amongst the most unsafe city in India despite being the capital?
Ignoring the fact that other government systems could be as good as democracy in a given situation
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
Peaks that never stayed without snow are now rocket
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?
Ignoring city planning
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
Ignoring the roots of our civilization that gives every state and every district of this great nation an individual identity
Ignoring the demands and rights of majority community
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.
We need to understand and implement ideas to prevent these things to happen at some level or the other
Delhi looks like capital of an African nation at places, specially rivers
Ignoring the reasons that are leading right now to disintegration and decline of major civilizations
Ignoring the fact that external powers may want to isolate and destruct Indian society and democracy for personal gains
Desertification? Glaciers meltdown? Our Quarries are getting empty of stones
Ignoring the systematic institutions that promote disintegration of India
How many of you know the glorious past of North East India?
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
Even a college president acts as if he has conquered India
Bangladesh is a mess, Sri Lanka is repairing itself from a mess.
Are we doing anything about the fact that even in 2024, all small villages in India are filled with religious conmans?
Ignoring forced religious conversions
Why is there communal tensions across the length and breadth of this nation?
Why no roads, water, drainage, sewage in Delhi?
Playing vote bank politics and ignoring the burning desire of a common man to succeed in life through meritocracy and efforts
Communism in Bengal pushed it's development several decades back
IPS officers have the best homes in many cities, how? Talking about 30 crore plus homes in posh locations in Jaipur itself
We need to learn from them, instead of waiting the same to happen to us
Some religions act as MNCs, they have missionaries spread across the world to propagate their religious ideas
Sikhs, Muslims have considered themselves unattended in some cases, despite the stance that Government has shown favouritism towards them.
Not letting go of the VIP culture and not letting go of power trip enjoyed by Beurocrats and politicians
Manipur violance? Mostly interested community violance directly finds its roots in national and international politics and meddling
How can terrorists win elections in India, specially those who want to create new nation?
India got disintegrated post Indus Valley Civilization, then again post Guptas.
Same goes for someone like Sikhs in the second point, or Muslims.
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.
Ignoring the melting of glaciers (lifeline of Indian civilization through its rivers)
North East India was ignored till 2014, and is being ignored again now
Ignoring the reasons that led to disintegration and downfall of our civilization numerous times since the ancient age
Ignoring the damage caused by criminal activities such as rapes, murders, loot, deceit and whatnot
Is the penalty for such crimes severe enough?
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.
Princely states were promised respect and limited powers in the instrument of accession.
Delhi is most polluted city in world
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.
New narratives are formed to win a short term election forgetting the ancient history and strength of our civilization
Should it have taken so long to remove Brijbhushan?
India is a millenia old civilization, it's amongst the oldest continuously inhabited civilization in the world
Reservation keep on increasing for underserved, this causes unrest to some degree
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?
How come Maharashtra and Gujarat get everything while UP and Bihar get nothing?
1400 millions need too much water, it's the most precious resource we have
What you get is always greater than what you risk, and hence the system continues.
Bhutan is also sandwiched between great powers
Kashmir? Rajasthan? Bihar? How old is Varanasi, can something be told about every century in that city?
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
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?
Even local goons in small areas enjoy power, is it reasonable?
Ignoring continuous rise of fake religious gurus
Should there be so few traffic challans in a country of our size and driving IQ?
Are Hindu spritual gurus all as pious as they claim?
Dawood Ibrahim had more power than most in Mumbai, how come this was allowed?
Maldives changes their narratives every quarter of the year and many in China ignore Indian presence only
Should local officers in a district be as powerful as they are?
Ignoring the reasons that led to disintegration and downfall of other civilizations numerous times since the ancient age
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.
How can Waqt board claim a land area equivalent to Pakistan within India?
Talking about the capital to realise the situation everywhere else.
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
Specially the Tata factory that Mamta refused due to local demand caused much distress for the greater good of the state
Villages upon villages are being converted, hundreds upon hundreds
Many movements are ongoing to disintegrate India, are we getting soft due to the fear of elections? Or are we fearful of these forces?
Ignoring the development oriented demands and giving in to backward progressing demands of people
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.
Locations like Kashi Vishwanath, and Mathura are still not handed over completely to Hindus, this is one small example
But it was repelled by Indira Gandhi.
Ignoring planned religious conversions
Ignoring some states, or prioritizing one state over the other
Ignoring the basic principles on which India gained it's existence in 1947
Law and order is extremely favorable to rich, and is extremely difficult for poor
I'm stating small examples to illustrate how common is this, imagine the larger scales involved
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.
Indian civilization went into downfall post 1192 due to internal conflict and lack of unity
People question whether India was created by British
Not just that, the district was awarded back to Pakistan unconditionally, and Brigadier (Then Major) Bhawani Singh too was put in the Jail
Ignoring consolidation of power under criminals of all kinds and all levels
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
It's also the fastest melting now
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
Every community has its own history, how many are in mainstream? And how many take pride in it?
Ignoring the middle class
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
Are we reading and studying and altered version of history made from the perspective of external forces?
Ignoring the poor
Himalayan glaciers system is the largest except for South and North pole
Why Ram Rahim gets so many bails?
How many times have we marched with candles for the same crime?
Indian civilization went into extreme dark times post the Nadir Shah debacle and under British
Honking is the national pastime of Indians when on roads
Can Sabarmati river front not be developed in Delhi?
Ecosystems are collapsing, landslides are increasing
Ignoring the demands and rights of minority community