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Well, it depends on how you measure how "democratic" India is.  I lived
there for 14 years, no longer do, but know a fair amount about it.

They regularly have their elections on schedule.  Always have 60+% turnout,
have dozens of major, meaningful political parties and for decades have had
a legislature that is a much better reflection of the demographics of their
nation than most "established democracies".

I am not sure how all that stacks up in the equation to measure their
democracy, but it seems fairly darn impressive to me.

Sahaj Khalsa

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Bradley Morris <bradleypmorris at gmail.com>wrote:

> I would be interested to hear from those on the ground (and without
> internet), how democratic the Indian democracy actually is.
>
> Brad
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> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Ainsley Heyworth <
> ainsley.heyworth at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi
> >
> > Sorry to be factually correct, but I believe India to be the largest
> > democracy in the world, perhaps this is as I don't live in the USA?
> > Ainsley Heyworth RFDS Westops
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