Praxeology: My Reflexions on India

What happened in New Delhi on the day of Republic Day was very much expected. The way in which both parties, especially the government, are not listening to each other’s super charged emotions and needs, violence is guaranteed. If the Indians want peaceful resolution of this farm bill conflict then they will have to sit down on table and carefully and honestly listen to each others’ needs. Calling names, accusing each other of wrongdoing etc., is only going to result in a war. A non-violent and peaceful solution of any conflict requires that both parties first understand their own feelings and needs behind those feelings and then carefully observe the same of the opposing party. And then a process of clear-cut precise communication of these needs and what is being requested from the other party to fulfill those needs must take place. Only when there is this compassionate peaceful communication between the conflicting parties, there is any chance of negotiation and findi...

Indian farmers from the state of Punjab, Haryana etc., are up in the arms against the Narendra Modi government for their recently passed Farm Acts. This has generated a lot of discussion in India. Mises India Institute President Dr. Madhusudan Raj sat down with Mr. Yohan Tengra of Anarchy for Freedom India to discuss these farm bills from the perspective of Liberty, which no one is discussing right now. Below is his interview.  

In my daily life I meet a lot of people who are followers or fans of some individual person like the popular prime minister of India Narendra Modi. They say they like them a lot. When I ask them why they like them or for what they like them, most of them have no answers. Many of them will just stand and give me a blank stare. And that is the problem. That blank stare tells me that these people are not thinking about anything related with the person of whom they are fans or followers or, as they say in India, Bhakt (Devotee). They are just mindlessly following them because of one or the other subjective reason. The person who is followed mostly exhibits a cult like personality that can never be questioned by his followers. Taking a cue from religion, such followers are called devotees because just like religion here also questioning their worshiped person (deity) is forbidden. Such following of any person is dangerous. Why? Let’s see. Instead of following a person, what is...