In western countries, the notion of democracy evolved out of recognizing the individual rights of liberty. This form of democracy is called ‘liberal democracy’. India has a different past – one which has led to the realization of a ‘collective identity’ which is more prominent than the ‘individual identity’ of its citizens. This has resulted… Continue reading Democracy and Development
Introduction The freedom struggle in India was largely an elitist participation in the beginning. The ‘Constitutionalists’ as they were called relied on Constitutional methods of pleadings and petitions for registering demands that largely reflected the sentiments of the elite and intellectual class. They realized the importance of public support quite late in the course of… Continue reading Affirmative Actions
The Basis 