Gurcharan Das, the author of several books and essays, would be the first Indian to receive the prestigious global honour awarded by US-based non-profit Liberty International.
It is not State aggrandisement that has to explain and justify itself but the claims of human liberty and individuality, libertarian commentator MA Venkata Rao wrote in 1958.
Being founded on class war, any State founded on Marxism is bound to set itself in opposition, bitter and all-out, against all other nations, libertarian commentator MA Venkata Rao wrote in 1963.
The Libertarian Party of India, launched in Panchkula last year, wants to take a chainsaw to red tape, high taxes, caste politics, and state intrusions on personal freedom.
Advice comes at a time when India accounts for a 5th of global generic drug supply & 40% of generics used in US. However, this strength in finished formulations relies on imported ingredients.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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