The Indian Libertarian

Summary

This issue of The Indian Libertarian (Vol. V No. 15, 1 October 1957), edited by Kusum Lotwala, runs the journal’s classical-liberal line through the foreign-policy and domestic controversies of the day. In the rendered pages the editorial, ‘Goa As Foreign Base’, criticises Indian policy toward Goa and Western bases; M. A. Venkata Rao analyses ‘India’s Foreign Policy’ and its non-alignment; a contributor writing as ‘Lal’ reflects on ‘The Hindu Way of Life’; and B. S. Sanyal reports Nehru’s foreign-policy pronouncements in ‘Thus Spake Nehru at Jammu’. Further items on Razvi, Krishnamachari, and ‘the Semantic Trojan Horse of Nehru Planning’ extend the issue’s critique of Congress policy.

Essays

Editorial: Goa As Foreign Base

The editorial, ‘Goa As Foreign Base’, examines the statements of the Prime Minister and Defence Minister on Goa and Western military bases. In the rendered pages it weighs the consistency of India’s stance on foreign bases and clarifies the journal’s view of the Goa question, treating it within the larger frame of Indian sovereignty and foreign policy.

• Responds to government statements on Goa and Western bases.
• Probes the consistency of India’s position on foreign military bases.
• Sets the Goa question within the wider foreign-policy debate.

India’s Foreign Policy

By MA Venkata Rao

M. A. Venkata Rao’s ‘India’s Foreign Policy’ scrutinises the assumptions of Indian non-alignment and the country’s posture between the Western and Communist blocs. In the rendered pages he questions whether India’s professed neutrality serves its interests, and weighs the apologetics of non-alignment against the realities of power politics.

• Examines the premises of Indian non-alignment.
• Questions whether neutrality between the blocs serves India.
• Tests the ‘apologetics of non-alignment’ against power realities.

The Hindu Way of Life

By Lal

Writing as ‘Lal’, this essay, ‘The Hindu Way of Life’, reflects on the meaning of Hinduism as a way of life rather than a creed, taking up questions of Khilafat-era memories, communal relations and Gandhian thought. In the rendered pages it weighs a ‘national-cultural’ conception of Hinduism against communal and political readings of it.

• Treats Hinduism as a way of life rather than a narrow creed.
• Engages communal relations and the legacy of Khilafat-era politics.
• Reflects through Gandhian categories on culture and nationhood.

Thus Spake Nehru at Jammu

By B. S. Sanyal

B. S. Sanyal’s ‘Thus Spake Nehru at Jammu’ reports and dissects Nehru’s foreign-policy address at a National Conference meeting in Jammu. In the rendered pages it scrutinises Nehru’s pronouncements on Kashmir, Pakistan and non-alignment, treating the speech as an occasion to test the coherence of Indian foreign policy.

• Reports Nehru’s foreign-policy speech at Jammu.
• Scrutinises his claims on Kashmir, Pakistan and non-alignment.
• Uses the speech to probe the coherence of Indian policy.

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