Thoughts In A Wandering Mind

                 There will be few happenings which misses our attention span in the present tense but highly worth noticing them for the good. They might have swept past in a quick motion but you can’t but admire the immensity of the activity. One of those giant activities has swept across the nation in the very recent past. It is the world’s biggest campaign held to spread the ideals of Lord Ram across the length and breadth of the country. Everyone knows the construction of Ram mandir has been initiated few months back. Before commencing it on the ground, it has been decided to make everyone part of the noble cause and at the same time collect funds for the construction.                Since January 15 th to February 27 th , for 44 days, over 12 crore families across the country have contributed to the cause, which has been volunteered by o...

Let me delve on few trends of recent days.                                  Many alleged, including me, that these days and years democracy is taking a hit and dying a thousand deaths. Basically, democracy in simplest terms is a system in which government of a country is elected by the people. It is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. In other words, it is the majority opinion which has to prevail in the country. The opposite of this is the dictatorship or hegemony through autocratic form of governance. Democracy in its highest forms gives absolute freedom; control to the people and not vice versa – tyranny through suppressing the people and gaining control over them. It is based on the premise that the voice of the majority can never go wrong and the absolute power rests with the people; not their lead...