The article reminded me of another one I read recently, by Harvard political theorist and author Yascha Mounk, where he discussed how two-thirds of young Americans do not believe in the merits of living in a democratic state, while in Britain, half of the people like the idea of having a “strongman ruler who does not have to bother with parliament and elections”.

That is not surprising, considering how opposition parties in the US, the UK and especially in India, have always stymied parliament sessions and jeopardised any positive work that governments have been trying to do.

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Democracy has not been a stumbling block for these leaders as it has been in India. A recent Times of India poll showed that, while his political party is facing many electoral reverses, nearly 72 per cent of Indians have full confidence in the ability of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and want him to return for a second term in 2019.