Hyderabad, September 06: Democracy is not the name any war or battle but to ensure the freedom of others is real democracy. Neglecting the national institutions to make others to agree to our view point is a dangerous trend. It is an attempt to neglect public including Daliths and Minorities. These thoughts were expressed by Prof. Jyothirmay Sharma of the Dept. of Political Science of the University of Hyderabad on the occasion of Teachers’ day celebrations organized at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad.
He was delivering Teachers’ day Foundation lecture on “Did we misunderstand Democracy?” at the Auditorium of Centre for Professional Development of Urdu Medium teachers in Urdu University. Prof. Mohammed Miyan, Vice Chancellor of Urdu University presided over the function. Prof. Sharma raised many questions concerning the misconception of democracy, he declared that democracy is the most favroured form of Govt. He told that the concept of freedom is very complicated. Commenting on the present trend of the media reporting, he said that media has damaged the credibility of democracy by highlighting the trivial issues. Incomplete sentences presented on T.V. screens enhance misunderstanding. Media should be answerable for such things. Elaborating the concept of democracy.
He said that democracy is a compromise. In every matter, compromise has to be made so that the issues could be understood in their proper perspectives for finding out and amicable solutions. There is no God in democracy so that his word is taken as gospel truth. Democracy provides remedies for the troubles of others. It does not teach us to humiliate others. There is no place for extremism in democracy. Indians are the favorites of slogans, prosperity is secondary.
The fact of the matter is what sort of people are we preparing? Prof. Sharma remarked that democracy is not merely the name of promises. It warrants patience. The middle class of our society lacks its. This section of the society lays more emphasis on its rights and forgets that by insisting on its rights, the rights of other are being seized. In democracy more stress is laid on cumulative rights rather than paying attention on individual rights. In a democratic setup it is not possible that everyone should agree to your viewpoint. Others have the right to oppose someone’s opinion. People give preference to themselves rather than giving importance to democratic institutions. In democracy importance is given to intuition and not the individual.
Prof. Sharma said that solution can be found out through negotiation. He replied satisfactorily to the questions posed to him by audience. Replying to one of the questions, he said that no time limit could be prescribed for negotiations.
Prof. Mohammed Miyan, in his presidential address said that it is true that the middle class of our society lacks patience. It wants to get its problems solved as early as possible. He applauded the lecture delivered by Prof. Sharma and said that India has partial democracy and partial elitism. He congratulated the Instructional Media Centre for screening a documentary on the occasion of the Teachers’s day.
The function commenced with the recitation of the Quranic verses by Qari Abdullah Siddiqui, an M.Phil student of the Dept. of Arabic of Urdu University. In the documentary Prof. S.M. Rahmathullah, Dean, School of Social Sciences highlighted the life and achievements Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. He said that Dr. Radhakrishnan was a good teacher and a good administrator. Prof. Khatija Begum, Registrar I/c proposed a vote of thanks. Mr. Abid Abdus Samee, P.R.O. of Urdu University conducted the meeting.
——-Siasat News