The Indian Libertarian

Summary

This is the May 1, 1967 issue (Vol. XV, No. 3) of The Indian Libertarian, an independent Bombay journal of public affairs edited by Kusum Lotvala, whose cover slogan urges ‘Make English the Lingua Franca of India.’ In the rendered pages the issue opens with an editorial on the 1967 general-election aftermath that calls for electing K. Subba Rao and ‘cleaning up the mess’ of Congress governance, then ranges across cultural, communal, and economic commentary: A. Ranganathan on the Tamil contribution to Indian culture, M. N. Thakkil on whether Muslims can be secular voters, a Delhi political letter, and a running column ‘In This Our Day’ by Leo Maria touching the wider freedom-and-government debate. The issue’s argumentative center is classical-liberal: skepticism of Congress dominance and state planning, paired with a defence of individual and cultural liberty.

Essays

Editorial: Elect Subba Rao And Clean Up The Mess

The lead editorial responds to the 1967 general-election results and the political ferment around the office of the Chief Election authority and the Supreme Court, urging readers to ‘Elect Subba Rao And Clean Up The Mess.’ In the rendered pages it frames the Congress party’s reduced position after the election as an opportunity for opposition and reform-minded forces, criticising entrenched one-party governance and corruption.

• Reacts to the 1967 general election and the weakening of Congress dominance.
• Backs K. Subba Rao as a figure to ‘clean up the mess’ of governance.
• Frames the moment as an opening for opposition and reform forces.
• Classical-liberal critique of one-party rule and corruption.

The Tamil Contribution To Indian Culture

By A Ranganathan

A. Ranganathan surveys the Tamil contribution to Indian culture, tracing literary and philosophical strands of Tamil civilisation and its place within the broader Indian cultural inheritance. In the rendered pages the essay treats Tamil literature, devotional and classical traditions, and figures associated with the Tamil cultural and reform landscape.

• Argues for the distinctive and enduring Tamil contribution to Indian culture.
• Discusses Tamil literary and devotional traditions.
• Situates Tamil culture within a pan-Indian frame.
• Cultural-history register rather than a political polemic.

The Freudian Election: Can Muslims Be Secular?

By M. N. Thakkil

M. N. Thakkil’s ‘The Presidential Election: Can Muslims Be Secular?’ (printed under the running theme of the ‘Freudian Election’) examines Muslim political behaviour in the wake of the election, asking whether Muslim voters can act as a secular rather than communal bloc. In the rendered pages it weighs communal identity against secular citizenship in Indian electoral politics.

• Asks whether Muslim voters can be secular rather than communal.
• Reads the recent election through a communal-vs-secular lens.
• Engages the tension between religious identity and citizenship.
• Commentary on post-election communal alignment.

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