I am presently reading "Towards Total Revolution".Jayprakash Narayan had written-"there are periods in a nation's life when development of the individual has to be arrested so that the nation as a whole might live and grow,when deliberate sacrifice and immolation of the individual becomes essential for the community's development....there are times when the individual must die so that the nation might live and civilization endure".
After the liberalisation of the economy,the gap between poor and rich is increasing rapidly.And in the near future this "gap" might cause a revolution.We are seeing the early signs of it in different part of country as growing regionalism,naxalism,attacks on the Multi-national outlets,and through other violent means.......
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The vision of Total Revolution met partial success. The dream of achieving an egalitarian soialist society failed because of overemphasis on mass mobilisation and organisation. The vision failed when the young leaders of the movement got a chance to execute their ideas.
The young leaders of the collective action, despite their strong ideological affliations, turned corrupt later.
They were experts at mobilising people and ruled for a long time. They still rule.
But most of them failed at achieving any amount of socialist success.
@Uphar
It's true....but the revolution checked the growing "dictatorship attitude" of Mrs.Gandhi.It also ended the one-party rule of Congress.It also gave the birth of Coalition politics.It also end the monopoly of "centre".It also activated the media and judiciary.....
I agree it was a partial success.
May be Indira changed, she still ruled after a short interval.
Coalition politics gave birth to opportunisys like Amar Singh, Withdrawl of the centre gave states more aotonomy and in the long run disparity within the nation, Indian media was more or less free before and after the brief emergency.
Not to say Sampoorna Kranti was a failure. Strangely, it didnt leave behind a revolutionary legacy.
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