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.
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.
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.
‘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.
In effect, the call for the removal of ‘Secular’ and ‘Socialist’ from the Preamble is against the constitutional mandate. Any attempt in that direction would lead to constitutional erosion.
Speaking to ThePrint, the BJP leader & RSS member also highlights changing global order & India's need to invest in research & tech in a world where wars are no longer fought on the ground.
Earlier, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale had said that during the Emergency, the 2 terms were forcibly inserted into the Constitution, a move that needs to be reconsidered.
Zohran Mamdani’s faith, support for Gaza, dislike of Modi and Netanyahu are reasons why many in India are unhappy to see his rise rather than celebrate it as another ‘Indian’ conquest.
Hosabale says Congress must apologise for the Emergency and excesses committed under Indira Gandhi’s watch. ‘Those who did such things are today moving around with copy of the Constitution.’
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.
This confrontation looks subcontracted—escalation to re-establish Pakistan's indispensability to outside capitals while squeezing Afghanistan back under an old paradigm.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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'”.