suvangshu Chakrabarti
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Democracy:Is it a right acquired by everyone, or is it power that we don't deserve...
Democracy the first thing that comes into our mind after hearing democracy is that everyone has equal rights, an unbiased attitude to every opinion thoughts, queries and all kinds of liberty, free to share and express thoughts without any constraints and to elect the ruler and government officials to form the government by common people. It is indeed a decorative term. Now the question comes should democracy be given to the common people, civilians? Somebody could analogically put this question into the category of disturbing/ silly questions like "Should the right be given to people to put their dresses on? Well, to some extent, it seems like that. We may say that Fascism (or worse) ideology contradicts democracy; hence, it is the saying of fascist leaders like Mussourie, Hitler, and Kim John Woo, who had established themselves as a dictator, so it is justified for them to say it. But what about Socrates and Aristotle, the birds of philosophy who were solely against democracy? They believed democracy is a tool too good to handle properly by common people, and they would be unable to use it rationally; high-level thinking rather than silliness and self-desire could be found there, and that's why a system should never rely upon the decisions, use of democracy by common people. Well, to some extent, we cannot deny them. Common people are those who don't want to think deeply about a broader scenario without using any intellect. Rather, they think narrowly and try to avoid new stuff and new things to progress. It's not always true that what the common people are fighting for and protesting against the government is not always true. Thousands of people protested against the US government in 2020 for wearing masks due to COVID-19. Several scholars protested after the abolition of quotas for Asians to get enrolled or admitted into a university in Europe. Most of the people on the survey have supported capital punishment and harsh animal-like attitudes towards victims, telling them they cannot be redeemed. Still, why democracy is the main key to the progress of civilisation? Democracy is not only the name of the right we deserve. It is the name of that term that gives space and liberty to establish their thoughts, philosophy, and art. It provides enough space and courage to express anything without feeling any constraint or hesitation. That's how new er ideas and concepts have been introduced and brought down upon us, and we made progress. If we abolish democracy, then we are forcing barriers and limitations upon the thoughts of a man and also taking his happiness out of him, forcing him to talk, walk, and act in a synchronized definite pattern. Yes, people make mistakes. But you cannot expect anyone to be correct all the time. Maybe that mistake was a part of upcoming progress. Common people have done the most hardworking necessary job to turn the wheel of civilisation, so they should have a say; they should have an opinion. Moreover, countries that have put pressure on press censorship and criticism of the government have faced numerous problems with modernisation. Through democracy, we have learnt to respect and accept people who at times remained ignored, ill-treatment, and misbehaved by society. Now we have learnt to accept them as an integral part of our society and to respect their values. Maybe there are fundamental flaws in democracy but there is no better substitute than it. In the field of art culture, people often feel reluctant to consume and enjoy new ideas and new content for which several artists didn't come into the limelight their whole lives, like Franz Kafka, Vincent Van Gough, and Ritwick Ghatak. So we have no other option but to modify democracy profoundly to not repeat the same mistakes. Also, one misdoing or misuse can have severe effects on the economy and development, so we have to be more sincere and more careful to become a part of civilisation.
By suvangshu Chakrabartiabout a year ago in Critique
Is Classroom education the best possible way to provide education or is it harmful?
This has now been a common discussion regarding education systems. Several questions have rosed like “ it is a kind of forceful education, it doesn’t provide enough independence to express the feelings, questions, ideas of one neither does it provide a liberal environment to express a child/student s’ inner thoughts”. Well, we have no choice but to accept this because it is true. Some famous pioneers of science and technology, authors, and philosophers became the victims of classroom education, and they lost their acceptance in the classroom. Like Sir Thomas Elva Eddison, Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore. And now we learn about them in schools, colleges etc. In general, there should be few criteria to provide a proper education in the classroom-
By suvangshu Chakrabartiabout a year ago in Critique
