 definition and meanings. So in this session we are going to discuss the definition and meanings of democracy that what is democracy and how the experts of this field how they are trying to define this concept and a very famous definition by Lord Bryce because he defined that the word democracy has been used ever since the time of ancient time period and at that time the government is basically the the power of the government and the practices of that power in the state that calls the system of democracy then a very famous definition by Abraham Lincoln as he defines that democracy is the government of people by the people and for the people and as well as Gettle defines that democracy is the form of government in which the mass of the population possess the right to share in the exercise of sovereign power. So there is a variety of definitions given by the experts regarding the concept of democracy but we can understand that democracy is the concept which is basically created for the representation of the people. If we want to understand its components then they are right to participate. The second major component which is actually beauty of this concept is their right of representation. How do they use their rights? Here again it is a debatable thing but in democracy people say that the government is the form of government as a result of their right of representation and then as a result of their right of representation the government is the form of government. The power given to the rulers is given by the system from where it is derived? Basically when people express their opinion then they will form the government. Here we have to look at one more thing that democracy is a concept but democracy is divided into many forms such as some are called direct democracy, some are called indirect democracies, some are called liberal democracies, some are called illiberal democracies, some are called representative democracies. These are the categories in which we can count the long list. What is the reason for this? Democracy is a form of government on the basis of the representation of the people, on the basis of the participation of the people then how these categories are designed or developed? Level of participation. This is the criteria for the measurement of democracy. The kind of democracy we will talk about is the most important factor is the level of participation, the level of participation of the people and on the basis of the participation. Is it purely on the basis of the representation of the people? The system has given so much weight to the representation of the people. This is a basic criteria that we have taken from the beginning to today that democracy is applicable all over the world in order to implement a different form of democracy. In other words, there are people in democracy, there is a parallel that is of the rulers. People's representative government. But if people's representative government has so much right that it is actually representative is it directly created by the votes of the people? Is the system indirect? So all these bases are helpful in determining the type or nature of democracy.