By Justice Katju-
(Justice Markandey Katju is a former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and former Chairman of Press Council of India. The views expressed are his own)
This article is a sequel to my article ‘The era of the later Mughals is coming in India’ published in indicanews.com.
https://indicanews.com/the-era-of-the-later-mughals-is-coming-in-india/
As stated in that article, the likelihood is that after the present ongoing parliamentary elections in India are over, and the results declared on 4th June, a weak coalition government, whether led by Modi or Rahul Gandhi, will come into existence, and an era similar to that of the later Mughals will begin, when there will be chaotic conditions.
Many people have asked me to explain this paragraph which I wrote towards the end of the article: ”Consequently, poverty, unemployment, hunger, price rise, lack of healthcare etc will increase, and continue for a long time (maybe 10-15 years), until by a historically united people’s struggle a strong central government is established under modern-minded leaders determined to rapidly modernize and industrialize India, and give the people decent lives.”
I am doing so now.
The real problems facing India is its massive poverty and unemployment, appalling level of child malnourishment (every second child in India is malnourished, according to the Global Hunger Index), skyrocketing prices of essential commodities like food, fuel and medicines, almost total lack of proper healthcare and good education for the masses.
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-lies-damned-lies-and-statistics-in-india/
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-there-are-two-indias-in-india/
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-the-truth-behind-indias-explosive-gdp-growth/
These problems cannot be solved within the present system of parliamentary democracy, since such democracy runs largely on the basis of caste and communal vote banks, as everyone knows. Casteism and communalism are feudal forces, which have to be destroyed if India is to progress, but parliamentary democracy further entrenches them. Hence it has to be replaced by an alternative system. Our political leaders, of all parties, are experts in manipulating the system by polarising society and inciting caste and religious hatred. All they seek is power and pelf, but they have no genuine love for the people or care for their welfare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EizWY4UNi8o&pp=ygUWa2F0anUgaGFuZyBwb2xpdGljaWFucw%3D%3D
Modi, for instance, is an expert in performing stunts like organising Yoga Day, Swatchata Abhiyan (cleanliness drive), building Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, and calling Muslims in India ‘ghuspethias’ (infiltrators) to spread hatred against them and consolidate Hindu votes.
https://www.hastakshepnews.com/2024/05/modis-waterloo-has-come.html
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-india-is-going-backwards-not-forward/
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-about-the-ram-mandir-in-ayodhya/
It is therefore obvious that the solutions to the people’s problems lie outside the present system, not within it. In other words, it requires a mighty historical people’s struggle and revolution, rising above caste and religious lines, as explained in the articles below.
https://indicanews.com/the-mighty-historical-struggle-ahead-for-the-indian-subcontinent/
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-the-formula-to-make-india-mighty-and-great-again/
I have explained this in a mathematical theorem I have created.
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-the-grand-indian-theorem/
This people’s struggle must be led by modern minded, selfless, patriotic leaders determined to set up a political and social order under which India can be rapidly transformed into a modern industrial giant, like USA or China, for only then can we solve our real socio-economic problems. It is only by rapid, large-scale industrialisation that we can generate the wealth required for taking care of the welfare of our people.
In the articles below I have explained that the real problem facing India is not how to raise production (that can easily be done with our huge pool of technical talent and immense natural resources) but how to raise the purchasing power of the masses.
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-analyzing-raghuram-rajans-prescription/
https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/purchasing-power-rise-a-must-to-boost-economy-1502767253.html
Also, in the video interview below I have explained that developed countries do not wish India to become a developed country, and will oppose such transformation tooth and nail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmoDYaAIbNI&t=1058s&pp=ygULbW9lZWQga2F0anU%3D
Our Constitution has become a scarecrow, and all our state institutions have collapsed and become empty shells. Hence a revolution is inevitable in India.
https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/01/26/republic-day-constitution-scarecrow.html
https://indicanews.com/justice-markandey-katju-why-i-dont-celebrate-on-republic-day/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/satyam-bruyat/a-french-revolution-is-approaching/
However, historical experience shows that an actual revolution is always preceded by a long ideological revolution, in which the weapons used are not guns, bombs or swords, but ideas.
https://justicekatju.com/the-task-of-patriots-f1a3d6315cf5
This ideological revolution, which precedes an actual revolution, paves the way for the latter. For instance, the British Revolutions of the 17th centuries were preceded by intense discussions in England about the theory of divine right of kings, propounded by King James 1 (and later challenged by the British political philosopher John Locke).
Similarly, the French Revolution of 1789 was preceded by an intense, long drawn ideological struggle in France called the French Enlightenment. The theories of Voltaire, Rousseau, Diderot, and the French Encyclopedists were a powerful attack on the entire feudal system and religious bigotry in France.
Similarly, the American Revolution was inspired by the writings of many thinkers such as Thomas Paine (see his ‘Common Sense’ ). India is presently passing through the period of its ideological revolution, and the actual revolution is still far away.
In this period, the patriotic enlightened section of our people must launch a powerful, sweeping attack on feudal thinking, customs and practices—casteism, communalism, superstions and other backward thinking and practices, and replace them by modern, rational and scientific thinking and practices. They must also expose the truth about our Constitution and democracy, explaining to the people that these are really instruments of deception, to befool them that they are governing themselves, and are the real rulers of India.
This changing of the mindset of over a billion people of India will be a very difficult, gigantic task, but it alone can be the precursor to the coming physical storm, the actual revolution, which will sweep away centuries of feudal filth in our country.
It may be pointed out that unlike the ideological struggles which preceded the revolutions in England, France and America, and were mainly directed to secure political rights like freedom of speech, liberty, etc, the struggles in India must be to secure for our people socio-economic rights e.g. employment with good incomes, food, medicines and other essential commodities at cheap prices, free healthcare and good education for all citizens. This is what former US President Franklin Roosevelt said in his 1944 State of the Union Address, known as the Second Bill of Rights, because, according to him, the political rights were illusory in absence of the socio-economic rights.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights
The time has come in India for Voltaires and Rousseaus to appear and guide the people.
