A new paper by historian Aditya Balasubramanian engages with the economic ideas of three public figures who led the charge against the Nehruvian mixed economy.
Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
With all due respect classical liberalism is more closer to Consevatism now a days than before and in 1962 it was more evident as liberals were going against the tenets of classical liberalism therefore it is not wrong to say he was a conservative.
Well written. Swatantra was India’s only truly liberal party, which stood for the emancipation of the smallest businessman and consumers. No wonder they did not win the support of big business who were more then content with Nehruvian licence-permit Raj that provided them a captive market on whom they could dump their shoddy high priced goods, at inflated prices. It is India’s supreme tragedy that it never came to power. All we had and still have are those that wish to curtail economic freedom in the name of socialism and patriotism. Where profits are private and losses borne by the tax payer.
With all due respect classical liberalism is more closer to Consevatism now a days than before and in 1962 it was more evident as liberals were going against the tenets of classical liberalism therefore it is not wrong to say he was a conservative.
I pay my respects to the free market troika. Long live free market.
Well written. Swatantra was India’s only truly liberal party, which stood for the emancipation of the smallest businessman and consumers. No wonder they did not win the support of big business who were more then content with Nehruvian licence-permit Raj that provided them a captive market on whom they could dump their shoddy high priced goods, at inflated prices. It is India’s supreme tragedy that it never came to power. All we had and still have are those that wish to curtail economic freedom in the name of socialism and patriotism. Where profits are private and losses borne by the tax payer.
A Very Very good Article
And coming from a Student
And subject which I had studied and taught 40 years back
Way to go… Young Man
Wonderful
A national interest or ctc by shekhar ji or Ilanomics by Ila ma’am on this topic of free market critique of nehruvian state would be a delight.