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.
There’s a subtle radicalism in a name like Siraj being spoken with national pride. His success is read as proof that someone from a working-class, Pasmanda background can achieve this status.
Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.
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.