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Sen has sought here to dispel some misconceptions about democracy in India. What are these misconceptions?

Two main misconceptions about democracy in India which Sen has sought to dispel are 1) the assumption that India was gifted the practice of democracy by the western word and it simply adopted democracy after its independence 2) that India, due to its history, is particularly suited for democracy.


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