India - A Failed Democarcy

India is the biggest democracy is the world. But, unfortunately, that is not the sole recognition it gets as a democracy. It is also a failed democracy.
There is no doubt that democracy is the best of available forms of governance, well, for most countries, and sadly, India doesn't belong to that category. There are two essential requisites to make a successful democratic system:
1. The political leaders of the country must be willing to provide their services for the development of the country and welfare of its people; after all, the public is supposed to choose best for them out of all the political leaders
2. The public itself should be well informed and educated. Here I am not saying that everyone should be an intellectual, but a minimum standard of awareness is essential so that people are not swindled by the politicians
And we all know the applicability of both the conditions in Indian context. Most of the politicians here are illiterate, selfish, and greedy rogues who don't flinch once even if they have to kill thousands of innocent people to get their thing done. The second condition, sadly, fails miserably too. A major portion of Indian population still lives below poverty line, people who find it hard to get two square meals a day and who would worry about what is happening to the nation, or what is good or bad for the nation when the first and foremost thing weighing on your mind is how to feed you wife, your starving children, and lastly, yourself. The problem gets compounded when you also account for number of illiterate people and this is a very serious issue. How can you expect someone to make a well informed decision, a decision about who is the most suitable person to run the country, when that person doesn't have the tools to gauge what is good and what is bad for the economy, prosperity, international presence, military strength, and future of the country.
In India, politicians can get away by making any statement and they can guise a perfectly economic or financial situation as a religious or communal one, solely because of the ignorance of people here.
The fact the the literate class of India, who can make an informed decision and vote accordingly, don't want to be bothered with electoral process and stuff. It is too much of hassle for them so they choose not to vote. They think that by debating what is good and bad for the country, how politicians are ruining the country, over coffee table and beers, they pay their due to this country.
It is no rocket science to figure out now that democracy as a model of governance is not suitable for India. What India needs is some form of monarchy till the time her citizens are rich enough to stop worrying about two square meals a day; are confident enough to make the right choice; are above the biases of religion, caste, community, region; are informed enough to know what is happening in the world and how it affects India, are educated enough to know which policies are good and which are bad; and most importantly, are ready to stand as one nation. I hope that such a time is not far.