India, July 27 -- The word democracy originates from the Greek word d?mokratia, which combines d?mos (meaning "the people" or "the populace") and kratos (meaning "power" or "rule"). Together, they literally mean "rule by the people" or "power of the people."

The youth of India demonstrated on July 20 that, in a democratic country like India, power resides with the people and not with the government. Despite barricades, lathi charges, and tear gas, thousands of people marched towards Parliament, declaring to the Modi government that power belongs to the people, not to the RSS-BJP combine, and that the government is accountable to the citizens of India.

According to social media accounts, an estimated 50,000 people, most of them youth, p...