NEW DELHI—As India’s farmers’ protest entered its sixth week, a kind of an ecosystem has developed on the protest site with thousands of farmers with their tractor-trolleys, pitched tents, and open kitchens, while the netizens aggressively and openly debate the topic—for and against. This situation experts said is symptomatic of a functional democracy, where opinions differ but those holding them co-exist. “This is what democracy is: chaos, discussions, debates, and in the end consensus, not diktat,” Aparna Pande, a Research Fellow, and the Director, Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia at the Hudson Institute, Washington DC told The Epoch Times. “Democracies are chaotic and so I don’t see this hurting India’s image. However, India has a large diaspora that is active and integrated into the countries they live in. The upside of a big diaspora is they help India and its image, the downside is that countries around the …
Farmers’ Protests in India Occasion Vigorous Debate, a Sign of Democracy, Say Experts
January 3, 2021
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