Indian democracy—Taking lessons from the U.S By News Desk| Published: 11th January 2021 5:13 pm IST Representational Image Kalyani Shankar How does the largest democracy India compare with the oldest democracy US on practicing democracy? There is a WhatsApp message doing the rounds “Americans recently found out that it’s much easier for them to change presidents in other countries than they can do in their own country.” All through the presidential campaign, Trump had declared that he would not move out of the White House even if he were defeated. His rival Joe Biden retorted that he would be escorted out by the military. But no one expected an attack on the capitol, which is regarded as the temple of democracy. Trump has spent the last two months refusing to concede the defeat claiming mass voter fraud but the worst was his instigation of the capitol riots.