Freedom First

Summary

The June 2013 issue of Freedom First has the cover line The Descent Continues. Its editorial recalls the magazine’s 1993 coverage of communal violence and Bombay bomb blasts, then connects Dawood Ibrahim, cricket gambling, spot-fixing, and public scandal to a broader collapse of moral fibre in India’s public life.

The rendered pages cover the Twelfth Plan and industrial policy, a call by Sharad Joshi to boycott Chinese goods, B. Ramesh Babu’s analysis of China’s Ladakh intrusion and withdrawal, Point Counter Point, Cornucopia, and the beginning of Suresh C. Sharma’s An Opportunity Lost. Later items on constitutional status for the CBI, newspapers, a medical book review, the Right to Education Act, sanitising legislatures, and Nostalgia are listed but outside the rendered range.

Essays

The Twelfth Plan and Industry - Issues and Challenges (4)

By Sunil S. Bhandare

Sunil S. Bhandare’s Twelfth Plan and Industry discusses manufacturing, industrial policy, and the challenge of creating jobs. It compares India’s stagnant manufacturing share with stronger Asian performance and argues that implementation, honest business conditions, and investor confidence are central to industrial revival.

• Focuses on manufacturing, employment, and the Twelfth Plan.
• Contrasts India’s industrial performance with higher-growth Asian economies.
• Emphasizes implementation, ethical business conditions, and investor confidence.

Why We Must Boycott Chinese Goods

By Sharad Joshi

Sharad Joshi’s article argues for an economic boycott of Chinese goods after Chinese incursions and long-standing territorial disputes. It links border security, Tibet, Pakistan, economic rivalry, and Swatantra Bharat Paksha’s political line into a call for consumer protest.

• Lists political, military, territorial, and economic reasons to distrust China.
• Presents boycott as a civilian form of protest over Ladakh and China policy.
• Links the argument to Swatantra Bharat Paksha and the farmers’ movement.

China Does It Again: Retreat After Accomplishing the Mission

By B. Ramesh Babu

B. Ramesh Babu’s article says China withdrew after accomplishing its mission in Ladakh. It argues that the Indian response was confused and overcautious, that China gained by altering facts on the ground near Daulat Beg Oldie, and that India should stop reassuring China over Tibet while keeping its options open.

• Analyzes the April-May 2013 Chinese intrusion in northern Ladakh.
• Argues China gained strategically despite apparent withdrawal.
• Criticizes India’s secrecy, confusion, and reluctance to confront China.

An Opportunity Lost

By Suresh C. Sharma

Suresh C. Sharma’s An Opportunity Lost begins in the rendered pages but continues beyond them. Only the opening is visible, so its argument cannot be fully captured from this chunk.

• Begins a reflection titled An Opportunity Lost.
• Only the opening page is visible in the rendered chunk.
• Requires later pages for full summary.

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