Sir — This refers to the article, “Changing times” (May 4) by Udayan Namboodiri. Indian democracy is now 66 years old, a time sufficient enough for any democratic system to inch towards maturity which has not happened.
Instead, one finds that the political and social milieu of the country has transformed itself into a sea of corruption, communalism and casteism, thus ushering in an era of unprincipled coalition politics with the sole aim to share the loaves of power. It would, however, be unfair to condemn the Westminster system on the basis of the Indian experience, as any system is only as good as the people who operate it.
As suggested by the writer, it would have been better if the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party had kept away from electoral politics for some time and engaged himself in building consensus in favour of changing the system and bringing in one that is most suited to our people.