Republic India At 73 Purfled With Middle Of The Road Glee
A Sovereign, Democratic and Republic State that India came into being after it took constitution under its belt the road traversed so far has been a mixed bag with what to be ascended is no less crag. With sovereignty assured given the consent that emanates through exercising franchise and make no mistake the aura of invincibility is a long chase. A Sovereign Republic that has dreams to chase and a constitution no less than a cushion the rights of the people are secured as long as principles of equality irrespective of caste, creed and colour are on board.
Howsoever fragile the nation state may look these 73 years of being a Republic has made a large number to cherish with evolving polity given an electorate that is not somnolent. Turning Republic at 73 has been a rich haul not denying the fact that outpouring of support for three pillars of democracy the executive, the legislature and the judiciary has wilted given occasional sermons from the electorate. When the three pillars have been at the crosshairs of public wrath this has largely to do with decisions taken overnight where the do able index was blight and it largely showed the polity in poor light.
The Green Revolution that ushered in was the much-needed course correction and for all practical purposes repaired the agriculture rupture. To bring manifold increase in food production to feed the millions across country it was spread between '68 to '78 and it turned India from a food deficit nation to increasing footprints of agriculture and that was a revelation. Prior to that indecision may have cost the country dear and the Chinese onslaught in '62 war showed the nation at receiving end and this was a noticeable resurrection of a decrepit neighbour with no fear.
The watered down democracy that enthralled the powers that be with the imposition of Emergency was an aberration of sorts and no sooner than later order was restored with no cynical plot. The democratic backsliding that the nation state witnessed has been seen through the prism of dismissal of various states/provinces govts at different intervals and that has been corrected with occasional court intervention purfle. Right at our doorstep the occasional bumper to bumper onslaught on farmers who were at the altar of being crucified the state's stratagem went in for an overhaul when contentious farm laws were imperiled and that was a righteous step taking them away from a state of feral.
The power that lies at the doorstep of those with no benign voting rights has brought the nation state tantalisingly close to where diktats would be nailed down with no hiccups and sound. The 73rd Republic tidings are purfled with its share of optimism and cynicism and what would stand out would be the enshrined democratic credentials that are not to be sacrificed howsoever might be the state and it being reverential.
The public discourse has gathered steam thanks to Republic beat and hymn. The media which is purfled with Fourth Estate Slang hasn't dwelled with scathing criticism coming now and then; the impartiality test it hasn't passed and is content with laurels grunt. It is neither indispensable nor its caveat torrential; the mannerism and reporting is uncouth given no middle of the road internship that should be routh. Singing paeans to leaders at helm, idolising the same is no act of brinkmanship; surfeit of challenges await them and middle-of-the-road reporting they should see it as a job that is plum.
Hail Democracy, Hail Ascendancy, India's Odyssey To Being A Republican State At 73 Is No Icy.
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