Traditional panchayat construct is not for us. We do not need elders, wise gurus, or saints as our leaders. We need sage CEOs and administrators who we can kick to the curb for repeated errors of judgement when they fail. We are a western people not an eastern people. In any event the village system in India only serve to beat up young women and maintain a decadent caste system. It is not able to formalize the construction and use of toilets to s.hit in and so preserve our health and welfare so why should we want that system as a guide!

Yea de independence generation of elders were phenomenal leaders and models for youths of today .