Conclusions
The discussion clearly indicates that modern India has
traveled far in a direction quite the opposite of the one the Father of the
Nation would have advocated.
In the early years of planning, there were some efforts (by
and large, sincere and well-intentioned) to incorporate some Gandhian elements
within the policy framework.
Later, realizing their potential for mass mobilization,
attempts were made to apply some of the Gandhian ideas, more often than not,
with ulterior motives to produce results quite contrary to Gandhiji’s original
vision.
By the 1990s, however,
even the lip service to Gandhian values was abandoned.
Through a succession
of cleverly crafted steps by the various regimes holding power in the last two
decades, the nation has now been taken to a stage where it is impossible to
retrace our steps and the contemporary Indian milieu is one in which the
Mahatma would have felt hopelessly lost.
This is certainly not
the Ram Rajya that he dreamed of for his beloved land of birth. As long as no
serious efforts are undertaken to ameliorate poverty, reduce inequality and
raise employment.
Used from paper of
D. M. Nachane
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