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have you been there? deep poverty as soon as you jump in a train, massive open defecation, legal system that is tribal and still rely on caste, very low women r
by ousta 8y ago
have you been there? deep poverty as soon as you jump in a train, massive open defecation, legal system that is tribal and still rely on caste, very low women rights especially for non-educated ones. but yeah they might be doing better than anyone for sure.
- calvinbhai 8y agoDemocracy, is not about any of these issues you are pointing at. India may have a long way to go in aspects you have mentioned, but the way the Indian democracy works, it has enough checks and balances to make it work as intended, which IMO is among the best if not the best. PS: I have worked at booth level before, during and after the elections in India, to know the intricacies of what happens during the whole process.
- tiuPapa 8y agoDude have you been here? Legal system that is tribal? Deep poverty as soon as you jump in a train? I am not saying India is perfect but this is an exaggeration and undermines the steps India has taken in the past one or two decades in a positive direction
- ousta 8y agohttps://idsn.org/report-finds-entrenched-caste-discrimination-in-indias-criminal-justice-system/ https://idsn.org/report-finds-entrenched-caste-discriminatio... This is not an exageration anyone jumping in the train from their biggest cities will know. https://www.ritimo.org/Slum-Settlements-on-Railway-Land-A-State-of-Denial-and-Deprivation https://www.ritimo.org/Slum-Settlements-on-Railway-Land-A-St... not saying that progress has not been made. But calling India the best democracy is not factual worse it's a blatant lie. It is a country where you can (should) bribe public officials i.e: "A study conducted by Transparency International in 2005 recorded that more than 62% of Indians had at some point or another paid a bribe to a public official to get a job done"
- tiuPapa 8y agoSo like American Police's discrimination against people of color? I am from India, in India. You have only read about it, I live in it. Not saying the slums around railway lines are not there but the condition also has improved a lot. 2005? That's more than a decade back.
- ousta 8y agoI never said america was better I just contested the fact that India was the best democracy on earth
- calvinbhai 8y agoagain, democracy is how elections are held, how elected officials work, and how the transfer of power occurs without problems, how legislations are passed, how rules and regulations are created/maintained/updated/destroyed. Democracy doesn't mean Utopia. Feel free to disagree and say that India is not the best democracy on earth. But it'd sound credible if you can tell which country is the best democracy as per your data/facts/beliefs, and probably share that too.
- ousta 8y agoif you are a brahman yes it is probably the best democracy on earth
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