Last week I was fortunate to be a part an inspirational seminar on the 'Power of One'. The speakers were inspirational. Tarun Tejpal spoke about the founding fathers of our nation, their vision and saga of sacrifices.

There was Neelem Katara who spoke on her battle to get justice for her son against the might of one of the biggest dons of north India.

Rajinder Kachroo, the man who lost his son Aman to the menace of ragging spoke about the crime that this practice was. Then came Binu Chandran, the real life hero who got Ghazi Baba, the dreaded Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist to his end. The water crusader of India, Rajendra Singh spoke of the need to give our children rivers and water instead of 'nalaas' and droughts.

To change this 'demonocracy' to a democracy, we must all join hands and demand for a judiciary that is not rotting

And then came the most difficult challenge, to get up and speak. Speak about the power of one; that is, about bravery versus fear and yet not spare the reasons behind the sheer requirement of these brave crusades.

Nitish Katara's friends backed out from standing by their dead friend, not necessarily because they were spineless, but because the society doesn't provide a judicial system that is capable of punishing the criminals on time and decriminalising the lives of the common masses.

We need a judicial system that can alter the concept of India and bring us a huge lot closer to a real democracy rather than the 'demonocracy' that we live in. Justice delayed is not only justice denied, but society criminalised.