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Flat for Sale: Mapuca, Goa (Ansabhat) - 10 min walk to Mapuca Market
2 Bedroom-Living-Dining-Kitchen-Bath-Balcony-Terrazo Floors
Great Investment - Winter Getaway
Asking Canadian $ 31,500/- or Indian Rs 10 lakhs
Contact Rosario Fernandes - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> While Jawarhalal Nehru must be acknowledged as a
> heroic freedom fighter and one of India's founding
> fathers, he was an elitist Fabian socialist who had
> the utmost contempt for private businesses and
> businessmen, which is why India had to suffer 50 years
> of monumental waste and bureaucracy under socialism
> and friendships with totalitarian communist regimes -
> while preaching peace and non-violence - until the
> unassuming Manmohan Singh began to turn this misguided
> ship around when he was Finance Minister about ten
> years ago.
Regarding the bureaucracy and corruption, and the solitary friendship
with one totalitarian communist regime, there can be no excuse.
However, I think the idea of socialism seemed to many, at that time,
to be an attractive alternative to capitalism...
I'm not convinced India would have done much better with a different
economic model. What, let the global corporate giants come and
continue the pillage of the country? I think India needed to be able
to play in the international arena with a strong hand, and while
economically it was weak, it was self-sufficient in several areas
before we came out to play.
Allwyn.
