India-The Democracy Misunderstood: Need to Revisit our Democracy

About the Book: ‘Democracy Misunderstood’ – This book is about India about the most complicated democratic character of India. This book is both critical and reflective and it gets to the heart of India's political character. It challenges the common ideas that come with calling a country the world's largest democracy. The information here is not taken straight from a textbook about the law or election results. Instead the story is made up of contradictions there is both freedom and fear institutions work and don't work perfectly and the will of the people is both praised and pushed down. The book looks at how those who lead those who follow and those in between have understood and often misunderstood democracy in India. It does this by carefully blending historical background political analysis and social criticism. ‘Democracy Misunderstood’ brings up important points and tried giving fair answers to the questions that are asked. Some of these problems are the rise of unending political debate and the growing gap between government actions and everyday life. Anyone who wants to understand how India's democracy works on a deeper level should read this book. People are asked to think about question and maybe even rethink what democracy really means in India. About the Author: The author of Democracy Misunderstood is not a politician or an activist but a regular citizen who works in the private sector where he could manage his family & responsibilities fairly well. Despite this personal stability he come across several difficult & disturbing situations on everyday basis. He finds the current social structure is full of injustices inefficiencies and social contradictions. He has been seeing all sort of wrong things that are happening in our country on daily basis & still people of this county feel pride without accepting the fact that there are problems. It is this everyday hypocrisy that pushed him to write this book. With Democracy Misunderstood the author believes real change is possible provided the people honestly accept that there are problems & if we address it honestly we can make it a better country. Through this book he wants to reach out to those people who feels the same pain that he feels. He is most bothered by the gap between these facts and the overwhelming joy people still show in the state of the country. What made him write this book was the idea that we all lie to ourselves every day and refuse to see our flaws. The author of Democracy Misunderstood says out loud what many people feel but don't say. Instead of blaming or denying he thinks we can make real change if we are all honest and ready to face the problems that are holding us back. His hope is simple but strong that we can build a country that we can be proud of if we face our facts.