NEW DELHI, Jan. 18 -- The event that unfolded at the Capitol Hill in the United States of America in the wee hours of the morning of 7th January, 2021 has shocked and shaken conscious people all over the globe. Harish Khare writing in The Wire on 9th January, 2021 stated that the US can boast of a system of checks and balances which still ensures that the occupant of the White House does not go entirely berserk, but we in India are on a weak wicket. Khare states that Indians are not strangers to the phenomenon of almost all constitutional arrangements acquiescing in a ruler's authoritarian waywardness. The new ruling clique has draped itself with nationalism, jingoism and militarism; it relies on intimidation against its political rivals...