Monarchy,democracy and dynasty

In a monarchy the authority is inherited from the monarch. On the other hand dynasty has a sequence of powerful leaders from the same family.India is one of worlds largest democratic country,where we give prominence to dynasty and elect parlimentarians and leaders from the same family.It is a nice blend of democracy and dynasty almost bordering on monarchy. Look at the Indian political scenario. Most politicians hand over their constituency so keenly nurtured by them to their kith and kin as though they hand over their estates to the next generation. For example the Nehrus are in the business for the fourth generation.What do you call this?. Rae Bareli and Amethi belong to the Nehrus.Unfortunatley this happens in many fields now a days. Film industry is another place where the kapoor clan ruled once and now most heros and heroines have brought in their sons and daughters. Language is no barrier for art. Hence one can notice this in Hindi,Tamil and Telugu film industry. Next to the Nehru family,down south the DMK has most number of dynastic politicians. Starting from Mr.Karunanidhi, one can can see a host of his family members in active politics. Maran,Stalin,Azhagiri,Kanimozhi,Kayalvizhi,Dayanithi etc.They are all the DMK patriarchs nephews,sons,daughters,grand daughters,grandsons,grand nephews.The list of politicians who have brought in their kith and kin by virtue of their position in party has become a national phenomenon in almost all parties barring the communists and the BJP to some extent.The NTR descendants have their say in Andhra politics.In Karnataka Deve Gowda has inducted his two sons Kumarswamy and Revanna in to politics.In Kerala, Karunakaran has brought in his son Muralieetharan and daughter Padmaja in to politics.Father and son are in different parties now.The list does not end here.The scindia family has five members in active politics.Charan singh's legacy was inherited by Ajit Singh, Biju patnaiks legacy by Naveen Patnaik,Devilal's by Chautala and the Abdullas from Kashmir are in politics for the third generation.Ramdoss has groomed his son Anbumani to hold fort at a future date.Shiva sena's Bal Thackeray has initiated his son and nephew in to politics.The inimitable Lalu yadav was unique by bringing in his wife Rabri Devi.Sharad Pawar has brought in his daughter Supriya Sule.There are a host of other lesser known dynastic politicians in many political parties in India.One can see this phenomenon in almost all the South Asian countries.Bhutto and his descendants in Pakistan,Mujibur and his family members in Bangladesh,Bandaranaike and his family members in Sri Lanka.Even in US the Kennedys and the Bush family members were in active politics.In India dynastic politics was opened up by the Congress.The bachelor politicians of India,Atalji and Kamaraj have refrained from doing this.These people contest elections and get elected.But in the frst place,how democratic it is to promote ones son,daughter or brother's candidature in the party?Or is it a mutually beneficial arrangement by the powers that matters in each political party?The assets declared by many candidates show,many of them are crorepathis.Also if one compares the assets of a candidate between the last two elections,there is an apparent growth.Could it be one of the reasons for politicians trying to promote their kith and kin in politics?Has politics become a means for livelihood for these people?Do we have a paucity of young leaders?A debutant from a dynastic lineage can even become a central or state minister without any toil.Does it augur well for the Indian polity?