FAILURE OF MODERN DEMOCRACY
Precis: Acceptability of law is subject to conviction and conviction is not
pOssible as long as there are ignorance and superstition. In the modern
democracy, there is no conviction at all as the conditions for the same are not
met. Our society is still conservative. The government has made some pieces
ot legislation for the betterment of society, but society does not change tor tne
better. Still vested interests who are blind are leading the other unenligntene
peopie under democracy. Besides it can be said that nothing positive is possioe
if we want to do it with the consent or consensus of the present peopie
Example- 10
we have been asked whether we are happy to be living now or whether we
WIsh we had lived in the past, a few centuries ago. I am clear in my view and
must say emphatically that I am glad, very glad to be living in the modern age
There were pleasures in the past and there were adventures and many
other charms by which I am impressed, but there was also a great dea o
1gnorance and dullness and many other disadvantages on account of which
think life is happier today than it was in the past.
T am interested in education. Today all children receive free education
from the age of five or six until they are fifteen or sixteen. If they are clever,
they continue to receive education even while they are at the University. How
many children in the past learnt even to read and write? Very few, indeed. This
is a great advantage of the modern age.
T love travelling, for I find it a source of pleasure as well as education. It
brings new contact and experience which add to richness of life. Travelling is
much easier today than it was in the past and now we can even think of flying
to the moon. This was never possible in the past.
Then there are pleasures of music. Today thanks to the radio and the
television all of us can enjoy the best music in our homes. This pleasure was
not available in the past.
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