The land’s history of several centuries, both recorded by chroniclers and narrated in the epics as well as various ancient texts provides glimpses of its past glory raising thoughts in some circles of literati on whether India of our times regains its now-not-in-use name Bharatha Khanda in their lifetime. Their aspiring for that highly improbable makeover is well-taken, although it is dismissed as day-dreaming by the pessimists. The loss of substantial territory of Bharatha Khanda, with the birth of the countries in the neighbourhood of India might not have happened but for the apathy of past generations to be vigilant about the many invaders, two of whom are known to have done maximum damage to the past image of Bharatha. In this backdrop, one is prompted to ponder over many issues of the overall wellness of the country and its citizens that has gone brittle, thanks to the masses getting lost in the goings on to elect their law-makers, who are a law unto themselves.
Democracy in India, as it has made its seven-decade journey, has turned into a smokescreen to divert the attention of the masses from the churning in the nation’s bowels with no signs of turning India to even a semblance of Bharatha of yore.
