Indians Abroad Readers' viewpoints Education, not democracy, is to blame Governments and people in the West have always considered compulsory education the birthright of a child, at least since the adoption of democracy.
Democracy is an experiment in governance.
It is not the perfect system, but there is no better system devised yet. Corrosive politics is rotting democracy Parliamentary democracy has always been a source of pride for many Indians. The country may not match up to many of its Asian neighbors in prosperity, but its people have always been able to boast that it scores better than most political institutions based on the Westminster model.