{"id":218258,"date":"2022-12-13T20:42:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=218258"},"modified":"2022-12-13T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:12:10","slug":"politics-of-national-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/politics-of-national-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics of national renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>&#8211; The post is based on the article <strong>\u201cPolitics of national renewal\u201d <\/strong>published in <strong>The Hindu <\/strong>on <strong>13th December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: <\/strong>GS2- Polity<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance: <\/strong>Democracy related issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News- <\/strong>The article explains the issues related to Indian democracy and the need to renew the spirit of democracy.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What is the current situation of our evolving democracy?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>A report by the<strong> Pew Research Center on social hostilities<\/strong> distressingly <strong>ranks India first.<\/strong> On several indices, our <strong>democratic deficit <\/strong>needs urgent introspection, even as we celebrate the resilience of our elective processes.<\/p>\n<p>An economy in which the <strong>top 10% hold 77% of the nation\u2019s wealth<\/strong> is not in sync with foundational principles of an egalitarian democracy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abandonment of civil conversation<\/strong> on the core challenges is a sign of flailing democracy.<\/p>\n<p>A political culture which promotes unfettered abuse, ignorance, egotism and reflexive bigotry across parties has disabled the nation from reaping the full dividends of a constitutional state.<\/p>\n<p>Politics that thrives on<strong> persecution of adversaries<\/strong> in an abuse of the state\u2019s coercive processes negates the essence of justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opposition\u2019s compulsive disdain<\/strong> for every action of the government regardless of its intrinsic merit has weakened its credibility as a countervailing democratic force.<\/p>\n<p>The concentration of power in executive hands has unsettled <strong>institutional power equations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are the solutions to renew our democracy? <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We can rescue our democracy as long as the freedoms are valued in our hearts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Search for leadership is critical<\/strong> who are driven by a big cause rather than being <strong>self-centered<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We must <strong>restore humility <\/strong>in democratic politics. <strong>Gandhian tradition of politics<\/strong> that emphasizes the importance of means to achieve political goals, is the need of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Our democracy must <strong>address a flawed system <\/strong>that enables manufactured consent, manipulated majorities and perversion of the ends of democratic politics.<\/p>\n<p>The decline of democratic institutions can be arrested through a <strong>politics of national renewal <\/strong>based on<strong> reasoned conversations and a collective political assertion<\/strong> in favour of freedom over fear,<strong> inclusion over exclusion and justice over injustice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a need for <strong>politics of accommodation and conciliation<\/strong> inspired by political magnanimity and honesty of purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source&#8211; The post is based on the article \u201cPolitics of national renewal\u201d published in The Hindu on 13th December 2022. Syllabus: GS2- Polity Relevance: Democracy related issues. News- The article explains the issues related to Indian democracy and the need to renew the spirit of democracy. 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