Human	Rights	and	Democracy: India's	Experience Aynul	Haque* Abstract During the last	six	decades,	human	rights	have	become	a live and	vibrant issue in the free	world. Human rights as the recognition of inherent and basic individual worth and dignity are as old as human civilization. An individual attains by birth some rights as human being. Thus the idea	of human rights is civilization as it is a political idea with moral base. The concern for and of human rights has been institutionalized after General Assembly of UN adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human	Rights	in	the	mid	twentieth	century.	The	expression	"human	rights" suggests	rights	of	all	human	beings.	The	moral	foundation	of	human	rights to universality has not been questioned yet at least in principle, though there are some instances	of rejection to this aspect	of	universality, either manifest	or	disguised,	are	fairly	large	in	all	parts	of	the	world.	The	idea	of democracy	has	led	to	great	expectations	to	the	people.	It	has	become	a	key point of political legitimacy. In fact it is producing the greatest disillusionment and frustration recently. From the late 19th Century democracy and capitalism appear to have moved along independent yet parallel	paths.	During	the	20th	Century	they	gained	in	strength,	interacting mutually	and	establishing	an interface.	The	result	of	which the concept	of welfare state emerges, defines the role of the state in an interventionist manner. On representative democracy Benjamin Barber says, 'Representations destroys participation and citizenship even as it serves accountability	and	private	rights.'	Indian	Constitution,	the	most	right-based Constitution	of	the	world,	provides	ethical	foundation	of	human	rights	in	its Preamble,	while	the	legal	expression	of	these	found	in	Part-III	and	part-IV of	the	Constitution. Key words: Human Rights, Democracy, Constitution, violence, crime, corruption	and	India.