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.
On 21 April 1975, Godhra MP and founding member of Swatantra Party spoke in the Lok Sabha during a debate on defence expenditure and purchase of arms. 'We have been, especially since the last war with Pakistan, shopping round the world.'
On 25 July 1969 in Lok Sabha, Rajkot MP Minoo Masani listed the economic and political grounds on which his Swatantra Party opposed the Indira Gandhi government's Bill to nationalise private banks.
There is a new wave of a combination of populism, and fiscal irresponsibility, masqueraded as ‘new welfarism’, sweeping through our politics today, writes Vibhav Kavoor.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
Libertarianism is the ultimate BS pursued by man-children who haven’t moved past the college Ayn Rand phase. Yes, it is primarily men. This idea of man being an island and “doing it all on his own despite society” is very seductive, but ultimately bogus. These individuals should move beyond labels and understand how the world truly operates.
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Like all good things, this too shall perish. India gets anaphylactic shock at the mention of free market.
Libertarianism is the ultimate BS pursued by man-children who haven’t moved past the college Ayn Rand phase. Yes, it is primarily men. This idea of man being an island and “doing it all on his own despite society” is very seductive, but ultimately bogus. These individuals should move beyond labels and understand how the world truly operates.