Indeed, it is now more a symbol than the substance of a vibrant democracy that has taken deep roots among our people. It is not as if our members of Parliament (MPs) are not paid enough. The speaker of the Lok Sabha or the chairman of the Rajya Sabha have little discretion in the matter. I recall a wonderful cartoon about Parliament and democracy, in his strip “You Said It”. Almost 70 years after we began life as a republic, there is a clear and present danger that we could be the world’s most vibrant democracy with the world’s least effective, and perhaps most dormant, Parliament.

Source: Mint July 13, 2017 18:22 UTC