Mahatma Gandhi's Idea Of Democracy

Gandhi, the practitioner of truth, seems very complicated in his idea about democracy that is considered as an interlinked set of institutional practices that feature regular elections, broad representation and a spectrum of individual rights. Uday Singh Mehta defines all types of situations in this article where Gandhi’s idea goes in both the side towards democracy and against democracy. There is not presented freedom, individual right and moral obligation in the sense of social, political and ethical matter. But, on the other hand, idea of self-rule, transparency, accountability and inclusiveness, which are associated with the basic ethos of democracy. According to Ram Chandra Guaha, when Gandhi talks about these like equality, right, freedom,

It requires change of the heart. It requires the inculcation of the spirit of brotherhood. In this sense Gandhi ji talks about non-violence. But it seems difficult to understand the view of non-violence. As Mehta mentions in this article, Gandhi’s idealism towards modern politics is different. It is different in another time and another space. As in Gita, Arjun had to fight for the establishment of peace (Dharma). Lord Krishna says not to hope the fruit of action. Only does your job according to the demand of time. Gandhi being religious, concerns with the central message of Gita. Gandhi have felt that the Gita teaches the world that what cannot be followed out in day to day practice cannot be called religious. Gandhi joints it with current politics and social life. He believes that the caste, religion or profession is born with continuous transformation of social practices. Gandhi extremely devoted in Gita and says “when there is no desire for the fruit, there is no temptation for untruth and himsa (violence). Here, he follows the theory of Max Weber. Who believes that modernity had disenchanted the world and thus had also made it more ghostly and less attentive to the Calvinist gravity of everyday