Democracy & Rights passages for CAT RC

2 long-form democracy & rights essays, written at the density of real CAT passages, each with CAT, XAT and GMAT-style questions and explanations. For real exam passages, practise the solved CAT RC PYQs; for a daily routine, see CAT RC practice.

Democracy & Rights5 min

Equal Votes and Unequal Lives

Ambedkar warned that India was entering a life of contradictions, with equal votes and unequal lives. Seven decades later, the warning has neither expired nor been fulfilled.

Abhishek Leela Pandey · Hard

Democracy & Rights3 min

The Lottery That Was Democracy

The Athenians who invented democracy filled most offices by lottery, and Aristotle called elections the mark of oligarchy. The word we use for our own system may belong to a different idea.

Abhishek Leela Pandey4 Qs · Hard