The roots of democracy can be traced to ancient Greek civilisatio .the democracy in ancient Greek civilisation was restricted and women and plebeians were excluded from right to vote.the modern form of democracy can be attributed to Jan Jaques Rousseau.Rousseau was a French political philosopher who was the intellectual godfather of democracy .Rousseau put forth the idea of General will and popular democracy .though the present form of democracy is mostly representative form of democracy, but the main elements of democracy can be found in Rousseau's idea of General will. Roussea was a naturalist philosopher and he was against the reason that undermines the sentiments .Rousseau argued that science is not saving us, instead it is bringing moral ruin on us. He further argued that the the arts of civilised society only serves "to cast garlands of flowers over the chains men bore". Rousseau was of the opinion that the in the modern sophisticated society man was corrupted, and greater the sophistication the greater the corruption.

Rousseau introduced the concept of General will in his "Discourse on political economy".
General will always tends to preservation and welfare of the whole and of every part,and is the source of laws, constitutes for all the members of the state, in relation to one another and to it, the rule of what is just and unjust".
One may disagree with the democratic but no one will disagree with its core values .Humanism is the centre of democracy. the individual as a rational human being is the underlying principle of democracy. the Individual is an autonomous human being and democracy is a system where the individuality of human being must thrive. the core principles of liberty equality, justice should be manifested in a democracy.
The champions of democracy are antithetical towards the core principles of democracy. the human dignity, human values are being undermined by the champions of democracy. Democracy is being restricted only to procedural level,the substantive democracy is not manifested in the democratic forms of government.
The ideals of democracy must be manifested in the institutions of democracy. he cleavage between theoretical democracy and practical democracy is widened.
Liberalism and its core principles must be implemented in the democracy. Justice which is the foundational principle for other values must be valued in democratic system. The Ideas of Rousseau, jhon locke , Montesquieu should be made a practical reality.
India is the largest democracy in the world .the representative democracy is guaranteed by the constitution, universal adult franchise , parliamentary form of government ,and an independent judiciary. To assess the core values of democracy and the synchronisation between the ideas of intellectual father's of democracy and how democratic principles, values, institutions work operate in practice.
The theoretical models presented by Rousseau ,Jhon Locke , Montesquieu . Rousseau's concept of General will , Jhon Locke concept of mutual consent, and Montesquieu's separation of powers .there is widening gap between theoretical models and the practical working of democracy. the practical democracy is affected by money power, political parties ,media influence, social inequality, corruption, manipulation etc.
If democracy is the ideal form of government then we need to revisit its core principles and our instititions ,our elected government and our administrative system must be reshaped and the the dream of Ideal form of government can be made a reality.

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