How They Got Here !

June 18, 2010 By 1 Comment

We located a piece in ‘The Caravan’, written by historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha, about the historic journey of the congress party. Dr Guha in his own masterly ways, highlights the chief contributions of the party and points out some of the crucial mistakes made by the party during its tenure. Here’s more on that…

“India today needs to make its economic growth more inclusive and sustainable. It needs to make its democracy more transparent, and less susceptible to the influence of big money and corporate interests. It needs to reconcile the people of its disturbed borderlands, and to be vigilant against threats from across the borders. For this to happen, our political parties, our bureaucracy, our judiciary, our police, our army, our scientific institutions, our schools, universities, hospitals, and welfare programmes—these all have to function far more efficiently than at present, and in the Centre as well as in the States. The process of reform and renewal must necessarily be initiated by the Congress, because it is the party in power, and because it remains, at least in theory, the only national party. Were it to rid itself of control by a single family, it may once more begin to contribute constructively to nation-building—by helping to repair, one by one, the institutions that have safeguarded our unity amidst diversity, and by forging, also one by one, the new institutions that are required to meet the fresh challenges of the 21st century.”
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Comments

  1. Deepak says:
    August 9, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    You guys probably need to read the below too!!!
    Absolute power without responsibility. Sure why not, when psychophancy elevates the mediocre to the annals of power!!!

    Leaders missing in action: Sonia and Rahul.
    http://www.dnaindia.com/opinion/column_sonia-and-rahul-gandhi-are-both-leaders-missing-in-action_1420267

    Reply

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