As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people?

As India goes to the polls, can democracy deliver a better life for all of its people? - short news


Behind a veneer of progress, injustice and inequality propped up by corruption and the caste system haunt the subcontinent

This year, more than 80 countries and half the world’s population face elections. While many islands in the Caribbean go to the polls, their people are usually more occupied with US and British elections than those in their ancestral homes in Africa and India.

This may be excusable; as there is an old saying: “When America sneezes, the world catches a..


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source: The Guardian - 20.04.2024

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