Resolution was passed by VHP’s central board of trustees in 3-day meeting held in Prayagraj; it also called attention to ‘families moving away from time-tested Hindu customs’.
Experts point to lower fertility, large dependent population and shrinking working-age population as factors that have led to concerns over demography in southern states.
The study predicts a divided world, with high-income nations facing ageing populations and low-income regions struggling with resource constraints amid high birth rates.
The lazy argument of how the regressive North was different from the progressive South hinges on a falling fertility rate. But this was shaped by a Malthusian worldview.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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