Some young countries devoid of rich heritage and long history may have democracy based on two (or such a small number, in any case), and the governance may oscillate between those limited political parties. The democracy in vibrant countries like India have a rich lingering flavor of dynasties of yore, and we are right in coining and calling it democrasty. It is an accepted practice to conduct the coronation of heir apparent soon of the royal mourning which follows the unnatural demise of an emperor or empress as the case may be. If the heir is not ready for the throne, it is not uncommon for the rajmata to manage the show with a front-end council of ministers till the heir apparent comes of age of juvenile delinquent acts like roaming in forests, making unannounced nocturnal visits to huts, partaking their frugal meal and later snore away to glory etc. and completes his royal education and becomes ready and steady enough to sit on the throne. There are also recorded situations where trusted persons ruled strictly on stop-gap basis. Such stop gap entities are expendable like late PV and soon after their character assassination takes place, lest some undeserving historian may record the latter’s contribution to the nation and thereby vilify the family. It is a matter of months, if not weeks, before our present PM also gets consigned to the dustbin of history like his mentor. It is also a prevalent practice for the royal council to oversee all operations during periods of mourning which enables royal families to complete rituals and also settle squabbles, if any. We are fortunate to have such situations averted in advance. After all, to paraphrase what a royal follower said few decades ago: The Family is India, India is the Family . It does not require knowledge of rocket science to relate and understand the roles of late Gulzarilal Nanda, late Lal Bahadur Shastri, late P V Narasimha Rao, present PM Dr. Manmohan Singh in proper perspective.
Visiting dignitaries to modern day Hastinapur (New Delhi) understand the ground realities and soon after paying the mandatory tribute at Raj Ghat with reluctance, look forward to the more important visit to Janpath to a number which is same as a famous one, if not more powerful, on Downing Street. These dignitaries are a smart lot and they know how to maintain diplomatic decorum. This visit is more than mandatory irrespective of who is at the Centre at that point of time. At times it also happens that some usurpers occupy throne like our non-congress parties/alliances and they generally do not last full term. It is easy to recognize the new jargon of democrastic lexicon. No wonder, followers and commoners alike look forward for early coronation so the prince soon becomes an emperor. If he remains single at the time coronation, people can have the pleasure of speculating on the lucky empress to be.
Never forget the eternal saying: democrasty is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
