It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.
The Swatantra Party wants the removal of the permit-licence-quota raj, which sits heavily over all national production and trade, Rajagopalachari wrote in 1963.
An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.
A free-market system based on consumer sovereignty, with the state confined to essential public functions would generate much faster growth, Shenoy wrote in 1963.
Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich, lawyer-jurist Nani A Palkhivala said in 1991.
Planning Commission couldn't tackle unemployment because new job opportunities in large-scale industries producing consumer goods were not created, wrote GN Lawande in 1963.
‘If socialism does not serve the purposes for which it was intended, that is, moving towards a freer and more equal society, is liberalism the alternative?’ wrote Minoo Masani in 1966.
‘The tirade against capitalism is wholly unfounded. Capitalism as it has shaped during the past quarter of a century is a far better method of developing the economic resources of any country,’ wrote DN Hosali in 1956.
‘Nationalisation of the Imperial Bank and recently nationalisation of life insurance have dealt further blows to Private Enterprise and made capital more and more shy', wrote AD Shroff in his 1956 essay.
The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
Cut to eighty years later. How much privatisation has taken place in the last eleven years. Ask anyone in the SME sector how easy it is to do business in India today.
Even though this article was written in 1960s I still think what is written here deserves a dislike and I wish Print would understand this request of mine. Secondly, Nehru and the Congress belonged to the period of that era which just came out of the exploitive rule of the Raj and what were the policies of Raj? I don’t think I have to describe them. So Nehru did what he had to do cause he was in an era where majority of the population was uneducated and under poverty who were exploited by the Raj. During that era Socialism was the famous idea especially due to the success of USSR. The author talked about how they decided pre independence that Socialism would be the policy to move forward with and gives example of abolition of landownership was a dictatorial act rather than democratic and this is the most absurd and bullshit statement ever made. I guess the author never knew of the Karachi Session of the Congress and how is the abolition of zamindaris who were a tool of the Raj who actually forced people to pay and never actually worked or invested in the land dictatorial? Like how stupid can you be? Well maybe the author was angry that he lost his land and could not exploit his dear Indians anymore. He talks allot of things but says nothing just technical jargon to sound intellectual. He could have made an argument about how Nehru could have done something else but he makes stupid arguments.
Outdated neoliberal understanding which stands completely exposed in the current world when under our very eye the alternative system, i.e. neoliberal western world constructed on the rampant loot and plunder of global south is crumbling.
Jawaharlal Nehru singlehandedly led India into socialist misery. To give the readers an idea about how much did we suffer because of socialism, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar mentions, “India has suffered a major human tragedy because of its prolonged experiment with socialism, and its delay in introducing economic reforms that accelerated growth. The most horrifying consequence has been 14.5 million ‘missing children’. Almost as bad are the 261 million ‘missing literates’ and 109 million ‘missing non-poor'”.
Cut to eighty years later. How much privatisation has taken place in the last eleven years. Ask anyone in the SME sector how easy it is to do business in India today.
Even though this article was written in 1960s I still think what is written here deserves a dislike and I wish Print would understand this request of mine. Secondly, Nehru and the Congress belonged to the period of that era which just came out of the exploitive rule of the Raj and what were the policies of Raj? I don’t think I have to describe them. So Nehru did what he had to do cause he was in an era where majority of the population was uneducated and under poverty who were exploited by the Raj. During that era Socialism was the famous idea especially due to the success of USSR. The author talked about how they decided pre independence that Socialism would be the policy to move forward with and gives example of abolition of landownership was a dictatorial act rather than democratic and this is the most absurd and bullshit statement ever made. I guess the author never knew of the Karachi Session of the Congress and how is the abolition of zamindaris who were a tool of the Raj who actually forced people to pay and never actually worked or invested in the land dictatorial? Like how stupid can you be? Well maybe the author was angry that he lost his land and could not exploit his dear Indians anymore. He talks allot of things but says nothing just technical jargon to sound intellectual. He could have made an argument about how Nehru could have done something else but he makes stupid arguments.
Outdated neoliberal understanding which stands completely exposed in the current world when under our very eye the alternative system, i.e. neoliberal western world constructed on the rampant loot and plunder of global south is crumbling.
Jawaharlal Nehru singlehandedly led India into socialist misery. To give the readers an idea about how much did we suffer because of socialism, Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar mentions, “India has suffered a major human tragedy because of its prolonged experiment with socialism, and its delay in introducing economic reforms that accelerated growth. The most horrifying consequence has been 14.5 million ‘missing children’. Almost as bad are the 261 million ‘missing literates’ and 109 million ‘missing non-poor'”.