AS a student of Economics in the 1950s at the
southernmost tip of India, I was fascinated by the ‘Idea of India’ development
with democracy-propounded by the Founding Fathers of the Republic in the midst
of deep poverty and brutal violence caused by Partition. As I grew up and
gained knowledge on the finer elements of politics and economics, this idea was
ingrained in my mind and got lodged in the sub-conscience. The ‘idea of
democracy’ is that India would have political institutions consisting of
self-governing, self-sufficient, agro-industrial, urbo-rural local
communities-gram sabha, panchayat samiti and zilla parishad-that would form the
base of Vidhan Sabhas and the Lok Sabha.
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