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Indian Liberals
  • About Us
    • Introduction
    • Contributors
  • Indian Liberals
  • Periodicals
    • Forum of Free Enterprise
    • Freedom First
    • Indian Liberal Group
    • Liberal Times
    • Other Publications
    • Swatantra Party
    • The Indian Libertarian
    • Shetkari Sanghatak
  • Regional Literature
    • Bengali
    • Gujarati
    • Hindi
    • Marathi
  • Opinions & Events
  • Musings
  • Audios/Videos
Contents
Swatantra Party
Democracy in India
Written in the late 1950s, Democracy in India is Atulananda Chakrabarti’s attempt at redefining democracy. It covers two articles, “Role of Universities” and “Democracy for New India- Give Us the Definition.” In the former, he talks about universities as the central figures in shaping people’s ideas and thoughts. He says
  • Editorial Team
  • September 22, 2022
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Real Land Reforms
Authored by NK Ganapaiah, Real Land Reforms talks about the need to produce new wealth for India’s prosperity by expanding agriculture. He proposes the modernization of agriculture, animal husbandry, horticulture, fisheries, forestry, piggery, and poultry to solve national poverty and unemployment. He highlights land burden, fragmentation of holdings, unsound policies
  • Editorial Team
  • September 12, 2022
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End to Appeasement
In End to Appeasement, MR Masani expresses his displeasure at Nehru’s foreign policies on the issue surrounding Chinese aggression. He questions if India truly follows its non-alignment policy. He vociferates through the essay his disapproval for Nehru’s tactics of avoiding conflicts, suppressing facts from the Parliament, and failing to raise
  • Editorial Team
  • September 2, 2022
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What the Swatantra Party Stands For
In this essay, MR Masani evaluates the merit of Swatantra Party’s ideas and discusses the Party’s agenda in the February 1976 elections, listing qualifications for being a stronger candidate than Congress. Drawing inspiration from the Bible, Lincoln, and Gandhi, the Swatantra Party believed in limited government and trusting the conscience
  • Editorial Team
  • September 2, 2022
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Social and Religious Decay
The Social and Religious Decay was written by C. Rajagopalachari. It begins by explaining how one must have an innate desire to improve and help others. Any policy sabotaging these “social urges” is harmful. Emphasizing the role of free will, Rajagopalachari evaluates Congress’ policies as forceful, harming voluntary social cooperation
  • Editorial Team
  • September 2, 2022
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Why Swatantra
Published by the Swatantra Party, Why Swatantra is a conjoined effort of C Rajagopalachari, NG Ranga, Minoo Masani and KM Munshi as they analyse with incisive logic the need for a new party and explain with great clarity the party’s fundamental philosophy and programmes. Why Swantantra? They answer: to save
  • Editorial Team
  • August 11, 2022
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The Relevance of Rajaji’s Economic Thinking Today
M.R. Pai, Vice-President, Forum of Free Enterprise, Bombay inaugurated the first Rajaji Memorial Lecture on 5th December 1983 by talking on the subject of the Relevance of Rajaji’s Economic Thinking Today. Pai spoke about how freedom and democracy are essential for growth and development of a nation. Rajaji’s far-sighted economic
  • Editorial Team
  • August 11, 2022
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Lawless Legislation
Edited by A.P. Jain and published by the Swatantra Party in 1963, Lawless Legislation is a compilation of speeches and articles by members of the Swatantra Party that shed light on why the party opposed the 17th amendment to the Constitution. The Seventeenth Amendment is to act as an authorization
  • Editorial Team
  • August 11, 2022
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From Darkness to Light
Published by the Swatantra Party in the early 1970s, From Darkness to Light is a comic book that lays emphasis on the woes of Indian farmers and related agriculture practices and processes. The comic adopts the nature of a manifesto as the party lays down their proposed policies and ideas
  • Editorial Team
  • August 11, 2022
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Fundamental Rights
Fundamental Rights: Our Fight Against Tyranny is a Swatantra Party publication that covered a 1967 speech delivered by MP Sriraj Meghrajji in the Parliament. The speech followed a 1967 Supreme Court judgement (I.C. Golaknath and others vs State of Punjab) that declared that it was not within the powers of
  • Editorial Team
  • August 11, 2022
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