Five Elements of Indian Democracy

We have been taught from the very beginning that democracy in India has four pillars viz the Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and the Media. These four have a huge responsibility on their shoulders. My question is, are they doing justice with their job?

The people of India have a choice of electing their political representatives. I agree, at least for judiciary we need educated people and so people cannot decide on who should be the next judge. Having said that, the fourth pillar is also somewhere losing its mind. Instead of being the information carriers, the media houses have now become the house of influencers. If people were given a choice to elect for media too, the situation would have been a bit different. Only the firm-minded would be allowed to report. Then I think the Godi and Non-Godi media show would have been managed differently.

This situation is worsening with each passing day as there exist fewer genuine media persons and more the blackmailers. Believe me, I have been in media and have seen it in and out, very closely.

The media today is divided, and politically so. One organisation supports BJP while the other befriends Congress and or AAP. The sad part is sometimes, the newsroom of media houses are seen divided. Media is forgetting their job profile and is now only influencing people. But that's politics I think, not media. The shocking part is, we as citizens of this great civilization have now become the slaves of these outlets and we tend to feast on whatever garbage they serve.

The funny part is, in this entire circus, the clowns are people of India and the audience are these four pillars. Surely, this was not part of the dream of our great freedom fighters.

Our Vedas talks about the five elements that are essential for life. I think, if the people of this great nation were also given a chance to manage the affairs of the country affront and were made a part of this pillar as the fifth element, the situation would have been bit different. However, people do contribute and government and other outlets listen and respond here, but it is open to an exclusive class.