Who leads us? Is democracy working right?
There will be many people who shall be offended with the question. There shall be even more who will be of the opinion that democracy is the best thing to ever happen to India. I am not disagreeing with this opinion, but what I am saying is important, and it surely deserves a thought at least. In India, the education policies are decided by those who have never taught a day in their lives. The defence policies are decided by those who have never been on the field and have no idea how grave situations at the border can get. Welfare of poor is looked after by those who are not even remotely connected to poverty on date. Consent of a minister, who has practically no idea about cyber security, is needed to pass the bill on Digital India. Notice something common here? Give it a thought. Who are our leaders? What qualification, what experience do they have to become our leaders? There are no answers. How they become leaders of the biggest democracy of the world is not a mystery. It is a...