摘要：This conceptual paper attempts to understand the necessity of intertwining Democracy and e-Democracy for the success of institutionalization of e-Democracy. In this respect it proposes the "Four-Forces Framework of Democracy" and their Drivers. The paper also explores the challenges that e-Democracy may face in its growth and evolution highlights the risks involved in ignoring the challenges and suggests the future direction. In the present scenario there is a considerable push for Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The paper discusses whether this will lead to the strengthening of people's voice and empowerment of the individual and collective aspirations. Societies in their evolution develop cultural contexts social and ethnic values. It is a challenge for any e-Democracy to integrate them into its mechanisms. In the Indian context it is essential to develop foresight on how e-Democracy gears-up to also address various contradictions and conflicts which are possible due to the digital-divide multitude of people's aspirations socio-cultural diversity space for democratic thinking etc. Keeping many aspects of Democracy and governance into consideration the paper focuses on how ICT and e-Democracy will honour people's aspirations in the coming years to keep the public individual and society vibrant and democratically functioning.
