From Scroll.in (Sep 10, 2024)
The people of South Asia aspire for democracy. How successful can we hope they will be?
Karwan e Mohabbat
Democracy is a loan of power that people give leaders – and leaders need to repay that debt. But in South Asia, they have not being doing so in a honest way. Despite this, the people of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and India have not become cynical and are not letting go of their aspirations to create more democratic societies.
How can democracy be institutionalised?
Democracy in debt in South Asia is the subject of the latest episode of Yeh Daag Daag Ujala, the Karwan e Mohabbat discussion series with Scroll.
The name of Karwan e Mohabbat’s Yeh Daag Daag Ujala series is a tribute to the iconic poem by Faiz Ahmed Faiz.