The word socialism is now used as the main plank by almost all political parties in India. Unfortunately most of them have only a hazy idea of what it means and how we can evolve a socialistic state in India. Socialism, said Mahatma Gandhi, is a continuing process. It is not a slogan. It is not [...]
Introduction : Playing politics will soon become the national sport of India. For the nearer we get to occasional elections the more feverish action does one witness in the political games. What makes these games extraordinary in the Indian context is their continuance with least regard to, or cognisance of national interest—expediency being adhered to. [...]
Gandhism is not a purely political ideal, far less a distinctive political creed which is followed by any sect of people. Gandhism does not lay down any rigid rules for the acceptance of individual or group conduct.; Gandhism as it is understood today, is based on Gandhi ji’s experiments with truth and nonviolence, which, according [...]
“All development is destructive” is a sweeping statement, as startling as to portray the protection and preservation of ecology as the fad and freak of a few elitist groups, who are out to run down development as the root cause of all our ills and irritations. Charles Reich, in his book “The Greening of America’, [...]
Democracy does mean the Government of the people, by the people and for the people. Viewed from this angle democracy is a form of government wherin people themselves elect their representatives to run the affairs of the state on their behalf and also to provide opportunities to the people for their max,’mum good. But what [...]
1975 had beeu declared by the United Nations as. ‘The International Women s Year’. This was not to undermine the achievement of woman all over the world over ages. Women have neve proved themselves inferior to men in any sphere they choose as their area of operation. Already they’ have a number of achievements to [...]
LOKNAYAK JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN Popularly known as J.P., Shri Jaya Prakash Narayan was born in the village of Sitabdiara in the Saran district of Bihar in 1902 in a middle class Kayastha farmer family. His father was a minor government official. At the age of 5 J.P. was admitted to the primary school of the village. [...]
The people of India were thrilled with joy when Sir Maurice the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of India during the •h regime, pronounced his judgement, in favour of Mahatma I and against the Viceroy, who had accused Gandhiji of ftlng fascism. In sheer desparation the Viceroy requested the »ry of State to send [...]
India can claim to have won her independence without violence and bloodshed under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. After independence, non-violence and peaceful co-existence have been the basic principles of our foreign policy. India tried to develop friendly relations with all, specially with her neighbours on the basis of the principles of Panchsheel. In 1962 [...]
Prohibition means the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic drinks or wines. During the pre-independence period the Indian National Congress under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi started a very comprehensive programme of social reforms. Prohibition was one of the items of this programme. The British Government in India used to collect large sums [...]