Saturday, October 25, 2008

Strengthening democracy: The prime duty of a citizen

Though I never count Democracy as the best way of governance both on the basis of effectiveness as well as justifiability yet would take it as inevitable to glorify it as one of the most relevant, feasible and pragmatically proper approach towards the management of Human society. Today when India is progressing at a rapid pace and have become a leading frontier in many very specified fields of study; still a large number of people in far flung areas remain illiterate. Poverty is taking lives while child labour and discrimination in society eating the silk of integrity. The increment in literacy is the most positive sign for a developing country like India; for its democracy especially; together with the economic achievements, producing the means to strengthen the democracy in our country. Still, sometimes because of our laziness or for selfishness we tend to be away from the process which is pasted as a responsibility on our face, as being part of the world's biggest democracy, which mark us to be active and continuously working for the empowerment of society through our principled efforts for the betterment of mankind.
There are numerous shortcomings around us that can be traced and mitigated easily but not effortlessly. It becomes even a bigger onus on our shoulders when we use this framework of Democracy. We can not and must not blame always the authorities, for the simple fact that we are the ultimate authority itself! Many minds can compute various demerits in the system and render it as a pseudo democratic framework, I include my mind in those with a foremost rank but it doesn't mean that I cease working for my people or keep knocking my head on the wall of excuses. We have to appreciate whatever power we can exercise and utilize it towards the growth and betterment of a healthy society. We should try our best to work for the betterment of the people around us and make efforts to make them happy; to destroy their sorrows and sprout the lotuses of smile in this materialistic mud of worldly complexities.
Various means can be sorted out to strengthen democracy in a nation. First and foremost is to create awareness and expand education to everyone. For already awaken people, internet is a boon with which they can put forward their views as I am putting now. To invest some time in community service as it refines oneself as a human together provides a mending to the community itself. To work on ground and trying collecting people together rather than digging depths of malice. An invariable vigil on whatever happening around us in this entire multiverse is equally significant tool. A few of examples I have tried to put forward in this pargraph about the means to strengthening the democracy, will be pleased to enlist more in future with the help of readers themselves, therefore try to expand this article further with your own views and ways. This article is basically written in the praise of "Citizen journalist" concept.

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