Chanakya's New Manifesto: To Resolve The Crisis Within India - Plot & Excerpts
He shall not consider as good only that which pleases him but treat as beneficial to him whatever pleases his subjects.For one whose heart melts with compassion for all creatures, what is the necessity of knowledge, liberation, melted hair on the head, and smearing the body with ashes.To a poverty stricken man all is void.The ArthashastraArguably, no other country in the world needs to be a more inclusive society than we do. As we have seen in earlier chapters, our current approach to the problems of poverty, illiteracy and malnourishment is hopelessly ineffective. The reasons for this are clear enough to anyone with a modicum of objectivity and sensitivity to the situation at hand.First, we have persisted—long after the expiry date of the idea—with the notion that top-down State ‘altruism’ is the solution to the problem. This must not be interpreted to mean that the State has no role to play and can abdicate its responsibility towards ameliorating the condition of the deprived.
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