What percent democracy?
The four pillars of our democracy are, as you know, Legislature, Judiciary, Executive and Press. The Executive carry out orders sent down from Legislature, i.e. from the ministers. They have very little freedom, though they are not expected to carry out illegal orders. Disobedience has a severe price which no on wants to pay. Many orders are not given on file and yet, these are to be obeyed. The Press, also called the Fourth Estate, is expected to be a guardian of democracy. But what picture do we see nowadays? Every newspaper is alligned with some political party. It does not take a very intelligent reader to observe this. So the reporting is biased, coloured, not reflecting the true state of affairs. The Legislature are in a dominant position. They make the laws and wield enormous influence over various sectors of society. The unbridled power breeds corruption. Common man is far away from this and suffers silently, waiting for next election. In the absence of checks ...