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India is proud to be the largest democracy in the world. For more than sixty-five years, we have witnessed the conduct of successful elections, peaceful changes of government at the Centre and in the States, people exercising freedom of expression, movement and religion. At the same time, the Indian democracy has been facing crisis due to corruption, communalism, casteism, criminalization, regionalism, coalition governments, etc. that are prevalent in the Indian politics and hampering the social and economic developments of the country. All these problems are the result of the lack of ethical basis in political life. Indian politics today is devoid of principles values, commitments and ideology.The authors highlighted these problems as major threats to the Indian Democracy and tried to clarify how these problems can be resolved through the Gandhian principles. The present democratic systems can overcome the problems, most importantly "violence and terrorism", only when non-violence is accorded supreme status in practice as well as in principle at all levels of the society.Furthermore, we must systematically inculcate the right values on our youth so that we can bring a basic change in the social perception about corruption. That is why the responsibility of the educational institutions in this respect is great.Year of Publication: 2019

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