: Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 2:30 AM IST As we approach our 75th year of Independence, the question is whether the parliamentary form of democracy is the solution or a problem in itself, says Ashutosh The Indian Constitution is based on the separation of power but at least twice it has slipped into a one-man system, when the three arms of the state fused into one, democracy turned into a facade and the Prime Minister became a superhuman. The crisis is the cure. The colossal crisis which the country is passing through demands a colossal cure. The corona crisis is no ordinary one. A crisis like this occurs once in civilisational history. At a time when death, destruction and despair are staring us in the face and humans are scared of each other, when the ringtone of the mobile phone fills one with instant doubt and fear, when acute helplessness makes one numb and senseless, when one loses faith in mortals and in the divine, when one hunts for spirituality in cowardice, then mankind needs to find an answer to human frailty. One can easily look for an excuse and find solace in solitude but unless a deeper analysis is done, mankind will be condemned to repeat it.