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e l s i s e r a c i e f m f v - O O e PRABHAT SAMGIITA { Song No. 02 } PROUT Cry of the Suffering Humanity Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Progressive Utilization Theory What is PROUT : PROUT is an acronym for the Progressive Utilization Theory. Conceptualized in 1959 by Indian Philosopher Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, PROUT is a viable alternative to the outmoded capitalist and AA communist socio-economic paradigms. Neither of these approaches has adequately met the physical, mental and spiritual needs of humanity. PROUT seeks a harmonious balance between economic growth, social development and cultural expression. Combining the wisdom of spirituality, the struggle for self-reliance, and the spirit of economic democracy, Proutist intellectuals and activists VibrantVibrant are attempting to create a new civilizational discourse. PROUT news- Fountain magazine aims at conveying comprehensive and visionary goals of PROUT Philosophy. PROUT magazine invites scientists, economists, politicians, artists, intellectuals and others to join us in the creation of a new, spiritually bonded society by propagating and popularising unambiguous elevating MagazineMagazine thoughts. Through Proutistic views and Neo Humanistic analysis, it strives to serve as beacon for the benighted civilization of our times. Main principles of PROUT and Neo-Humanism : Neo-humanism expands the humanistic love for all human beings to include love and respect for all creation - plants, animals and even inanimate objects. Neo-humanism provides a philosophical basis for of Effulgence whichwhich creating a new era of ecological balance, planetary citizenship and cosmic kinship. Basic necessities guaranteed to all : People can not strive toward their highest human aspirations if they are lacking the basic requirements of life. PROUT believes that access to food, shelter, clothing, Informs education and medical care are fundamental human rights which must be Informs guaranteed to all. Balanced economy : Prout advocates regional self-reliance, cooperatively owned and managed businesses, local control of large scale E- GÁN Á-MÁ-R, Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁ-RÁ-----2 key industries, and limits on the individual accumulation of excessive UPALA PATHE--- DI-NE RÁTE--- 2, wealth. BAHE JÁ---I, BAHE JÁI BÁNDHANA HÁRÁ---- && Women's Right : PROUT encourages the struggle against all Á-LOR JHARŃÁ- DHÁ-RÁ----- forms of violence and exploitation used to suppress women. PROUT's E- GÁN Á-MÁ-R Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁRÁ----2 This song of mine is a fountain of effulgence. On a rocky path, day and night, goal is coordinated cooperation, with equal rights between men and E- PATH Á-MÁR BANDHURA KANT́AKA BHA-RÁ----- I keep on flowing, heedless of all barriers. women. UTSA HOTE---PRÁŃERA SHROTE--- 2, BHEUNGE JÁ---I BHENGE JÁI PÁŚÁŃA KÁRÁ---, This path of mine is rugged and full of thorns. Cultural Diversity : In the spirit of universal fellowship PROUT Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁ-RÁ----- Gushing forth in the flow of life, destroying - encourages the protection and cultivation of local culture, language, E- GÁN Á-MÁ-R Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁRÁ----2 Destroying stone dungeons. InspiresInspires history and tradition. This song of mine is a fountain of light. World Government : PROUT supports the creation of world government with a global constitution and a common penal code. (Translated from Bengali original)

For both civilization and science, intellectual knowledge is indispensable. Purport: For those who move along the path of greatness and magnanimity, so much meanness and littleness stands as insurmountable obstacles. They know this and their song is like a fountain of divine effulgence – it is not a materialistic song. Their song does not move along a smooth road. In their path there are so many thorns, so Spiritual or intuitional development is possible through the happy blending many ups and downs – just like a fountain which flows along various rapids and finally merges into the sea, they recognize no barrier, saying – “We will move on and on, with all our innate vitality, ever breaking all the iron between civilization and science. - Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar prison walls around us.” Volume 24 Issue 10 PROUT I N S I D E October 2013 October 2013 C r y o f t h e S u f f e r i n g H u m a n i t y COVER STORY Editor A'ca'rya Santosananda Avadhuta Contributory Editor 27 A'ca'rya Maheshvarananda Avadhuta Copy Editor Minakshi Chakraborty Editorial Board A'c Vedaprajinananda Avadhuta A'c Krsnasevananda Avadhuta Sohail Inayatullah Ganga Grace Sarabjit Prakash Correspondents Kanhu Charan Behura Rajesh Singh Layout & Design Pranav Koul Suman Jha Head Office contents Prout Bhawan, JC-48, Khirki Extension Main Road, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi - 110017 Mobile No. : 09212199658 Email : [email protected] 08 EXPLOITATION Cultural and Religious Exploitation General Manager Ramkesh Choudhary - 9350860274 Circulation Manager Rajiv - 09650055058 11 SOCIAL ISSUES

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Fundamental Principles : Food Wastage 1. No individual should be allowed ROUT has its own Worldwide to accumulate any physical wealth without the clear specialties in the fields t is ironic that in a world of 870 million hungry people 1.3 billion tons of food goes waste every year. permission or This waste also gravely impacts the environment. As per a new United Nations report one-third of approval of the of trade, commerce, Ithe food produced worldwide is wasted, annually costing the global economy around $750 billion collective body. P (more than Rs. 47 lakh crore). The Rome- 2. There should be taxation and banking. The based Food and Agriculture Organisation maximum (FAO) reports that Asia region including utilization and distribution of essential China are the worst culprits. High-income rational distribution countries waste during the food of all mundane, commodities will have to be consumption phase, while developing supra mundane and spiritual countries are losing food during potentialities of the done entirely through consumer production. The report points at Asia in universe. particular, estimating that over 100 kilos cooperatives, not through the 3. There should be vegetables and 80 kilos of cereals (mainly maximum rice) per capita are wasted every year on utilization of the government, businessmen or average in "Industrialised Asia", a region physical, including China, Japan and South Korea. metaphysical and different levels of middlemen. In India Rs 60,000 crores is lost every Food thrown away beside a river in Ahmedabad spiritual year with food grains rotting in storage or eaten or spoilt by rodents. Even worse, produced but uneaten potentialities of unit This will not leave any scope for and collective body food occupies 30% of the world's farmland. of the human manipulation by profiteers. As Achim Steiner, head of the United Nation's Environment Programme (UNEP), says, "This is a big wake society. up call. We may not even have captured many of the more indirect impacts of food waste... and the costs 4. There should be a far as possible barter should be which will be borne by our children and grandchildren. It will take less than 37 years to add another two proper adjustment billion people to the global population. How on earth will we feed ourselves in the future?" He adds that this amongst these the basis for trade among self- has enormous potential to reduce hunger and called on citizens to take individual action to tackle the issue. physical, "Each one of us has a role to play. Starting with the ridiculous phenomenon in wealthy countries of not metaphysical, mundane, supra sufficient socio-economic units. buying cooked vegetables anymore," he said, adding that over-zealous observation of sell-by dates was also mundane and leading to huge quantities of food being thrown away. spiritual utilizations. - Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva exhorts everyone, "Farmers and fishermen, food 5. The method of processors and supermarkets, local and national governments, individual consumers must make changes at utilization should every link of the human food chain to prevent food wastage from happening in the first place, and re-use or vary in accordance recycle it when we can't”. with the changes in time, space and PROUT supports this rational approach and would like to add that ways and means should immediately person and the be found by the Government how to pass on excess food to the poor hungry people instead of throwing it utilization should be away. Local leaders who know their area and people should approach hotels and restaurants to start such a of progressive grass roots movement which will not only feed the hungry but also provide employment to the people. nature.

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GREAT PERSONALITIES erences interposed with modern explained how the tribals of Shrii PR Sarkar’s narrative about political and military events she has Jharkhand are getting systemati- great personalities of the world very clearly explained these danger- cally marginalised. Apart from the shows how such people worked tire- ous portents. It’s true that most inhumanity of it, it is against the lessly facing mountains of obstruc- insidious forms of imperialism are Constitution of India. These people Determination and Persistence tion and oppression to bring about cultural and linguistic and today – who have a rich culture and heritage change in the world. WE are what economic. I look forward to the sec- of their own should be encouraged his is a real life story of engineer John Roebling building the ond part. to preserve it and move forward on we are today thanks to the legacy of Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA back in 1870. A creative such personages – the really true Sherry Thomas, the path of economic empowerment leaders of mankind. Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh in areas best suited to them. engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a Atul Das, Howrah, West Bengal Felicita Soreng, spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. GLOBAL POLICE STATE Goomla, Jharkhand. T However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was While free thinking people the PRABHAT SAMGIITA an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. Indeed what an achievement by any world over are applauding Snowden WAR AND WATER standard of art and literature, com- for exposing the nefarious designs Someone has rightly forecasted that It was not practical. It had never been done before. posing 5018 songs, giving their of autocratic Governments, the latter the next big war will not be fought Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He tunes – all extempore. These songs seem hell bent on hounding him. over land; it will be fought over thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be are truly a beacon of hope in the trou- Thomas Gaist’s piece is very infor- water. What is happening in Africa bled times of today, acting as a mative. Fortunately he has got ref- and elsewhere in the world are por- done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion soothing balm for people oppressed uge in Russia. tents of the future. Wayne Madsen and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming by many facets of life Mohan Chandy, Kottayam, Kerala has done well to highlight the dan- engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built. Working together for the first John Augustus Roebling Sonakshi, Patna, Bihar gers of such hydro-politics. time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED Raja Tahulka, THE SARKAR GAME WOMEN Jind, Haryana and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild Professor Sohail Inayatullah has Shampa Sengupta and Saptarshi challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge. give new meaning to “Game Mandal have done society a great ser- BIHAR’S MALNUTRITION While conducting surveys for the bridge project, Theory” by interfacing thoughts of vice by exposing the plight of physi- It’s sad to note that child malnutri- Roebling sustained a crush injury to his foot when a ferry Shrii PR Sarkar to these modern man- cally challenged women who face tion rate of Bihar is the highest in the agement techniques. This is the need such varying degree of exploitation. world. It’s time the Government did pinned it against a piling. After amputation of his of the day that gives new insights to Shocking that society has reached something tangible and realistic. crushed toes he developed a tetanus infection which left the meaning of leadership in today’s such depths, where instead of pro- Merely committing funds will not him incapacitated and soon resulted in his death, not long world. tecting and empowering such peo- do. It has to be ensured that full after he had placed his 32-year-old son Washington in Sayeeda, Brisbane, Australia ple, there are a depraved few who do value of these funds reach the people by email just the opposite. they are meant for, so that children charge of the project. Washington also suffered a Suhasini, Gangtok, Sikkim as in the pictures get a smile back on paralyzing injury as a result of decompression sickness for SHOULD GARLIC BE STAPLE their face and luster in their eyes. working underwater in the caissons shortly after the FOOD COVER STORY ON Kudos to Ronald and Andrew. beginning of construction on January 3, 1870. With this Ravi Logan has clearly shown that JHARKHAND TRIBALS Sharada Srivastava, debilitating condition he was unable to physically garlic is of medicinal value and Garga Chatterjee has lucidly Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh should be had only as a medicine supervise the construction firsthand. when required. Though scientifi- Still, in spite of his handicap with his mind sharp as cally proved people unknowingly ever, and having a burning desire to complete the bridge use it as a staple. The increase in vio- Washington never felt discouraged. He conducted the entire construction from his apartment with a view of lence e.g. at home, road rage etc. happening frequently these days is pos- the work, designing and redesigning caissons and other equipment. He was aided by his wife Emily who sibly due to excessive garlic con- provided the critical written link between her husband and the engineers on site. Under her husband's sumption which damage brain cells. guidance, Emily studied higher mathematics, complex calculations, strengths of materials, bridge I will inform all those I know about specifications, and the intricacies of cable construction and spent the next 11 years assisting her husband to this because it is better to realise now supervise the bridge's construction. The Bridge 1825 metres long was completed and opened for use on May than never. Latika Chakrabarty, 24, 1883 and Emily was the first one to cross. Navi Mumbai This is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap FALL OF THE AMERICAN and achieves an impossible goal. Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very EMPIRE small in comparison to what many others have to face. This shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be Garda Ghista’s expose makes fright- realised with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are. ening reading. Giving historical ref-

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At times when the intellectual art and literature of the vipras failed to convince the common people of their greatness, the vipras composed countless fanciful puráńas [mythological tales], stories about gods and goddesses, all designed to dazzle people’s eyes and confound their intellects.

SHRII PRABHAT RANJAN SARKAR Cultural and Religious Exploitation he vipras’ culture included music, dance, understand must be something great," and with this arts and crafts. It emphasized the mentality fell obediently at the vipras’ feet. Tsharpness of the vipra intellect rather At times when the intellectual art and literature than the sentiments of the human mind, so the down- of the vipras failed to convince the common people of to-earth sentiments of kśatriya culture were their greatness, the vipras composed countless substantially lost. fanciful puráńas [mythological tales], stories about The vipras’ culture was not for the common gods and goddesses that satisfied their own standards, mass. No doubt it stimulated the nerves of a small and colourful mythological tales, all designed to handful of people, but it could not move in step with dazzle people’s eyes and confound their intellects. the general mass. Vipra artists wished, through their They also warned the masses that if they failed to of their followers, the vipras had to develop a due worshipped these gods and goddesses out of fear and intellectual brilliance, to conquer the world. Through follow the teachings of these stories, or doubted their amount of proficiency; and their efforts to develop it devotion. Indra, Agni, Varuna, etc., of the Vedas had their poems, dramas, writings and drawings they veracity, they would most certainly go to the deepest served to build the roof on the edifice of human been mighty kśatriya leaders. In the Vipra Age they induced common people to pay homage to the level of hell. civilization. came to function as gods after winning the support of superiority of the intellectuals. But the ignorant Everything in the practical world has some value Phallus worship had been invented by the various scriptures. people could not understand these big things. The as well as some defects. The kśatriyas, as an primitive, uncultured kśatriyas as a symbol of The undeveloped kśatriyas would worship all common people thought, "What we cannot expression of their svabháva increasing their population. The cultured vipras now those leaders, or "gods", by offering them their (the d h a r m a [ n a t u r a l interpreted it in a new way. They contended that the kśatriyas’) favourite foods in order to propitiate them. characteristics], had thought linga was a symbol for Parama Puruśa [Supreme After those leaders’ deaths, all such food would be deeply about how to increase Consciousness] and the piit́ha [vulva] a symbol for burnt in a fire, thereby going to waste, for the their numerical strength, and as Prakrti [Supreme Operative Principle]. The supposed satisfaction of their souls in heaven. Even in a result – quickening the pace interpretation the vipras gave was, Liuṋ gate the Vipra Age good-quality food and drink was of human beings’ struggle gamyate yasmád talliuṋ gam ["The entity from destroyed by offering it to an imaginary god in a against nature – had not only which everything originates [[and towards which sacrificial fire. Moreover, the vipras received a laid the foundation of the vast everything is moving]] is called liuṋ ga"] or Yasmin commission for doing this. edifice of human civilization, sarváńi liiyante talliuṋ gam ["The entity in which Later, after the vipras had fully established their but had also flung themselves everything merges is called liuṋ ga"]. When dominance in society, they began to receive more than into the task of constructing the examining the history of phallus worship one should a mere commission. A sizeable part of the offerings walls. Similarly, the vipras’ not only consider the mentality of the kśatriyas, but intended for the sacrificial fires was not burnt, but expression of their natural also give due consideration to the mentality of the found its way into their storerooms. That is, the characteristics induced them as vipras. However, the vipra interpretation has no shúdras and kśatriyas had become totally subservient well to increase their numbers, relation to reality. Phallus worship belonged to to the vipras. Taking advantage of their tyrannical and for that reason increasing primitive kśatriya society. power and superior intellect, the vipras used every the number of their followers And not only phallus worship; most of the gods means to consolidate their system of exploitation. became one criterion of their and goddesses described in the mythologies of Regardless of whether a ceremony was concerned Goddess Durga leading the eight Matrikas vipra-hood. Of course in order different countries were representations of actual with religious practices, charitable activities, the first in battle against demon Raktabija - Markandeya Purana. to succeed in swelling the ranks kśatriya leaders. People in the Kśatriya Age step in a child’s pursuit of knowledge, harvesting

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0608 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 0709 SOCIAL ISSUES crops, marriage, a baby’s first solid food, commemoration of the dead, or anything else, a share in the [anticipated] benefits had to be offered to the vipras, otherwise the ceremony would not conclude in Integrating tribals to the national mainstream is a false notion. Tribals have no karmasiddhi [attainment]. And the vipras caste hierarchy and are far more civilised and cultured than the so-called civilised had to be feasted and paid, otherwise the ceremony would not produce any result. world. They are carrying on their own tradition. They are mainstream. The vipra priests also adopted the different gods and goddesses that had been born out of the fear complex of the masses in the Shúdra and Kśatriyas Ages. (For example, they adopted Dakśińaráya, the crocodile-god or tiger-god of South Bengal; Viśahari or Manasá, the snake Socio Economically goddess of snake-infested areas; Shiitalá, Tiger god and forest goddess the goddess of smallpox; and Olái Cańd́ii, complex will remain forever in the minds of the the goddess of cholera.) They also composed various masses, and due to this inferiority complex the masses types of dhyána mantra(11) for such gods and will always follow their teachings, either out of fear or goddesses; prescribed according to their own needs out of devotion. That is why even intellectual people Neglected Tribal Societies the specific materials that should be used for different have fallen into their trap and have been compelled to kinds of worship of those deities; and, conveying say, Vishváse miláy vastu, tarke vahu dúr ["The goal ð strange commands from the deities at odd times, took is achieved not by reason but by faith"] or Majhab Arun Prakash to fleecing people out of donations, dakśińá men ákl ká dakhl nahii haen ["There is no room for h r i i P R S a r k a r , Santal (jat, jati), Ho (jati, patki) and [sacerdotal fees], sidhá [uncooked food given in reason in religion"]. P R O U T ’s f o u n d e r Kurukh (jat, jait, jaypuy, khut) exchange for a priest’s services] and various types of Even today there is a group of vipras who keep during a discourse on confirm this. However, most of us materials to be used for worship. shouting about "religious education", or rend the air S elevating backward classes in June non tribals who have not come in Another interesting thing about this is that in with their calls for a "religious state", but what they 1979 at Calcutta mentioned, “The contact take it for granted that tribal referring to the gods and goddesses created out of really want is to entangle the minds of children, which population of several groups in the pertains to caste or community. their fear complex, the shúdras and kśatriyas used are naturally inclined towards rationality, in a net of world is rapidly decreasing, and Nothing can be further from the colloquial language, while the vipras, in order to religious superstition, so that later they will become some groups are in danger of truth, for in each community varied establish their supremacy and prove their puppets in the exploitative hands of the vipras. extinction. These include the Zulus and colourful social traditions intelligence, erudition and close relationship with If God is considered to be the perfect ideal, it will and Pygmies of Africa; the Lodhas flourish guided by social beliefs and God, used ancient languages. They always tried to have to be accepted that God is always just. Even of Bengal; the Birhars of taboos. Moreover tribal does not make the masses believe that they, the masses, did not though God loves everyone, He punishes sinners. But Chotanagpur; the Málas of Malda; necessarily mean one caste or have the right of access to God, but had to go through it can be said that when He punishes sinners, His aim the Angars of Rohtas in Bihar whose community – it is an amalgamation the vipras. In other words, the vipras had a monopoly is not to give them pain but to rectify their behaviour. language is Bhojpurii; the Ladakhis of many tribes and communities. as agents in such matters. In my opinion this concept of God is the highest of Kashmir; the Scheduled Castes of Tribal folk lore and literature is The vipras have invented and are still inventing concept. If God is considered to be the Universal new ways of exploiting different communities of Father, He should not have any racial, national or Kinnaur; the Romanis of Europe; also totally different from that of non people in different parts of the world. In some places communal feeling, or any other type of limited and the Maoris of Australia and New tribals. Each tribe has its own forests cannot possibly be they have lured people with the prospect of eternal feeling. If this is true, how can the vipras contract that Zealand”. traditions of art and craft. Even conceived. Forests have shaped their heaven, injecting into them at the same time the fear the soul of a certain dead person will reach heaven? T h e t e r m ‘ t r i b e ’ w a s languages and dialects are different. lives over millennia. In the Vedic of eternal hell. By claiming the doctrine of some I have heard that in some communities vipras introduced in India by writers of the A study of these people in India is and Epic periods the tribes enjoyed particular vipra leader to be the word of God, they claim to have the key to heaven. People even say that British colonial era in the last important because with 67.6 million full rights and over-lordship of the have blocked the natural expression of the human for the donation of a sum of money, vipras will sing quarter of the nineteenth century. – (8.08 % of the population) we have forests. During the Mauryan period intellect and made people intellectually bankrupt. akhańd́a kiirtana [constant chanting of the name of The lead was taken by the Census the largest tribal population in the rights over forests were not With the intention of permanently securing for God] on behalf of the donor to ensure his or her department. Most of the tribes and world. In this feature we briefly distributed to non forest dwellers. themselves an exalted position in the eyes of the passage to heaven. It is said that if others sing spiritual the castes continue to use the term touch upon two tribes in India, the This happy state of affairs for the ordinary people, some vipra leaders have declared songs and kiirtana in the donor’s name, the donor will ‘jat’ or ‘jati’ to denote their social Lodhas of West Bengal and the tribal people was not to last forever. themselves to be the incarnation or the appointed receive the benefit and go to heaven. What a category. For example terms for the Birhars of Chota Nagpur and Around middle of the 19th century, prophet of God. Through their own so-called wonderful philosophy for condoning sin! tribe in some of the tribal languages observe how forests play an people from outside began to move scriptures, they have indirectly let the common Anyway, we can see that vipras never have as given in parentheses viz. Bodo important part in their lives and their into the forest, lured by its wealth of people know that no one can achieve the same missed an opportunity to exploit human weaknesses, (jat, jati), Dimasa (jati), Garo (jat), conditions today. natural resources, and the British proximity to God as they – so that an inferiority nor do they miss such opportunities today. Tripuri (jaiti), Khasi (jaid), Konyak Forest Dwelling Tribals colonial government, sensing the Naga (jat), Phom Naga (jat), Zeliang Tribals and forests are commercial potential of forests, Naga (jati), Kabui Naga (jati), inseparable – tribals divorced from gradually extended its authority

10 October 2013 | PROUT 11 PROUT | October 2013 11 SOCIAL ISSUES crops, marriage, a baby’s first solid food, commemoration of the dead, or anything else, a share in the [anticipated] benefits had to be offered to the vipras, otherwise the ceremony would not conclude in Integrating tribals to the national mainstream is a false notion. Tribals have no karmasiddhi [attainment]. And the vipras caste hierarchy and are far more civilised and cultured than the so-called civilised had to be feasted and paid, otherwise the ceremony would not produce any result. world. They are carrying on their own tradition. They are mainstream. The vipra priests also adopted the different gods and goddesses that had been born out of the fear complex of the masses in the Shúdra and Kśatriyas Ages. (For example, they adopted Dakśińaráya, the crocodile-god or tiger-god of South Bengal; Viśahari or Manasá, the snake Socio Economically goddess of snake-infested areas; Shiitalá, Tiger god and forest goddess the goddess of smallpox; and Olái Cańd́ii, complex will remain forever in the minds of the the goddess of cholera.) They also composed various masses, and due to this inferiority complex the masses types of dhyána mantra(11) for such gods and will always follow their teachings, either out of fear or goddesses; prescribed according to their own needs out of devotion. That is why even intellectual people Neglected Tribal Societies the specific materials that should be used for different have fallen into their trap and have been compelled to kinds of worship of those deities; and, conveying say, Vishváse miláy vastu, tarke vahu dúr ["The goal ð strange commands from the deities at odd times, took is achieved not by reason but by faith"] or Majhab Arun Prakash to fleecing people out of donations, dakśińá men ákl ká dakhl nahii haen ["There is no room for h r i i P R S a r k a r , Santal (jat, jati), Ho (jati, patki) and [sacerdotal fees], sidhá [uncooked food given in reason in religion"]. P R O U T ’s f o u n d e r Kurukh (jat, jait, jaypuy, khut) exchange for a priest’s services] and various types of Even today there is a group of vipras who keep during a discourse on confirm this. However, most of us materials to be used for worship. shouting about "religious education", or rend the air S elevating backward classes in June non tribals who have not come in Another interesting thing about this is that in with their calls for a "religious state", but what they 1979 at Calcutta mentioned, “The contact take it for granted that tribal referring to the gods and goddesses created out of really want is to entangle the minds of children, which population of several groups in the pertains to caste or community. their fear complex, the shúdras and kśatriyas used are naturally inclined towards rationality, in a net of world is rapidly decreasing, and Nothing can be further from the colloquial language, while the vipras, in order to religious superstition, so that later they will become some groups are in danger of truth, for in each community varied establish their supremacy and prove their puppets in the exploitative hands of the vipras. extinction. These include the Zulus and colourful social traditions intelligence, erudition and close relationship with If God is considered to be the perfect ideal, it will and Pygmies of Africa; the Lodhas flourish guided by social beliefs and God, used ancient languages. They always tried to have to be accepted that God is always just. Even of Bengal; the Birhars of taboos. Moreover tribal does not make the masses believe that they, the masses, did not though God loves everyone, He punishes sinners. But Chotanagpur; the Málas of Malda; necessarily mean one caste or have the right of access to God, but had to go through it can be said that when He punishes sinners, His aim the Angars of Rohtas in Bihar whose community – it is an amalgamation the vipras. In other words, the vipras had a monopoly is not to give them pain but to rectify their behaviour. language is Bhojpurii; the Ladakhis of many tribes and communities. as agents in such matters. In my opinion this concept of God is the highest of Kashmir; the Scheduled Castes of Tribal folk lore and literature is The vipras have invented and are still inventing concept. If God is considered to be the Universal new ways of exploiting different communities of Father, He should not have any racial, national or Kinnaur; the Romanis of Europe; also totally different from that of non people in different parts of the world. In some places communal feeling, or any other type of limited and the Maoris of Australia and New tribals. Each tribe has its own forests cannot possibly be they have lured people with the prospect of eternal feeling. If this is true, how can the vipras contract that Zealand”. traditions of art and craft. Even conceived. Forests have shaped their heaven, injecting into them at the same time the fear the soul of a certain dead person will reach heaven? T h e t e r m ‘ t r i b e ’ w a s languages and dialects are different. lives over millennia. In the Vedic of eternal hell. By claiming the doctrine of some I have heard that in some communities vipras introduced in India by writers of the A study of these people in India is and Epic periods the tribes enjoyed particular vipra leader to be the word of God, they claim to have the key to heaven. People even say that British colonial era in the last important because with 67.6 million full rights and over-lordship of the have blocked the natural expression of the human for the donation of a sum of money, vipras will sing quarter of the nineteenth century. – (8.08 % of the population) we have forests. During the Mauryan period intellect and made people intellectually bankrupt. akhańd́a kiirtana [constant chanting of the name of The lead was taken by the Census the largest tribal population in the rights over forests were not With the intention of permanently securing for God] on behalf of the donor to ensure his or her department. Most of the tribes and world. In this feature we briefly distributed to non forest dwellers. themselves an exalted position in the eyes of the passage to heaven. It is said that if others sing spiritual the castes continue to use the term touch upon two tribes in India, the This happy state of affairs for the ordinary people, some vipra leaders have declared songs and kiirtana in the donor’s name, the donor will ‘jat’ or ‘jati’ to denote their social Lodhas of West Bengal and the tribal people was not to last forever. themselves to be the incarnation or the appointed receive the benefit and go to heaven. What a category. For example terms for the Birhars of Chota Nagpur and Around middle of the 19th century, prophet of God. Through their own so-called wonderful philosophy for condoning sin! tribe in some of the tribal languages observe how forests play an people from outside began to move scriptures, they have indirectly let the common Anyway, we can see that vipras never have as given in parentheses viz. Bodo important part in their lives and their into the forest, lured by its wealth of people know that no one can achieve the same missed an opportunity to exploit human weaknesses, (jat, jati), Dimasa (jati), Garo (jat), conditions today. natural resources, and the British proximity to God as they – so that an inferiority nor do they miss such opportunities today. Tripuri (jaiti), Khasi (jaid), Konyak Forest Dwelling Tribals colonial government, sensing the Naga (jat), Phom Naga (jat), Zeliang Tribals and forests are commercial potential of forests, Naga (jati), Kabui Naga (jati), inseparable – tribals divorced from gradually extended its authority

10 October 2013 | PROUT 11 PROUT | October 2013 11 60.8%, Orissa 43.74% and all other British left the forest dwellers alone policy was the mere extension of the raw materials for the British states have less than 40%. Many after their experience of revolting government authority over forest to based industries and commercial forests are in poor condition and as tribals of Bihar. the detriment of tribal economy and exploitation of forests was per recent estimates forests do not In the nineteenth century life and changes in the rights of the encouraged at the cost of tribals in cover more than 13% of the total commercialization of forests was tribal communities over the forest the name of national interest. area of India. The Forest Bills of not as large scale as in the first and was widely criticized. The Besides curtailing the various 1 9 8 0 / 1 9 8 8 c r e a t e d m u c h second quarters of the twentieth traditional rights of tribes were no customary rights over forest, as the controversy as well as awareness century. In 1861 the Department of longer recognized as rights. forest resources were mostly and concern for the forests. Due to forests was created and in 1873 the The old and new policy when collected through contractors, the inexorable forces of history, groups Indian Forest Act came into effect compared demonstrated that the tribals became victims of of people of certain ethnic origins introducing the government policy “privilege” under the old (1894) commercial exploitation of forests. were pushed to dense forests, hilly, and programme. The same year the became “concession” under the new The different regulations and inaccessible and inhospitable settlement of forests was undertaken policy (1952). restrictions imposed on the forest terrain. Environmental constraints and the forest areas of British The Forest Act of 1988 states –dwellers and tribals put them at the made such groups insular and cut administered India were classified as its objectives , the maintenance of mercy of government officials. t h e m o f f a n d k e p t t h e m as (1) Reserve Forest (class I & II), e n v i r o n m e n t a l s t a b i l i t y , Unfortunately the state, even after marginalized and below the poverty (2) Protected Forest and (3) Village conservation of the national independence, saw that the well line. The forest environment Forest. being of forest and forest dwellers as influenced their culture and life style This land law allowed My dad taught me from two different and mutually and provided food and shelter to traditional rights of the tribals to exclusive options. This was based them. Such people were grouped as continue – but restricted their my youngest childhood on the pernicious premise that Tribals, Aborginals, Girijan, ownership. The Act of 1873 was memories through forests can be protected only if the Vanvasi, Adivasi, Janjati etc. amended in 1901, 1914, 1920 and forest dwellers are excluded, and 1927. These legal and policy these connections with that their needs can be met only if Forest Policies Colonial Period instruments radically changed the society is ready to suffer the loss of Forest policies of India, can be Aboriginal and Tribal forests from common property into forest. seen in two phases- colonial and state property. It was the beginning people that you must Though not at all true, Forest post – colonial. Many British ideas of the era when the sole motivation always protect Departments blamed tribals for and methods of rule have been of forest administration was the indiscriminate destruction of continued by post- colonial people's sacred promotion of state interests. Sadly it vegetation and wildlife. Even governments, especially as India has was also the beginning of the status. gathering raw material for their become more and more hooked into alienation of village communities handicrafts became difficult and western commercial and consumer -Steve Irwin from forest. their right to collect fuel, fodder and systems. Instead of rejecting the minor forest produces were very heritage, increase in tree cover, commercially oriented policies of National Forest Policy much restricted all over India. meeting needs of the tribes , the British and replacing them with a After the independence, there Meanwhile control of these encouraging efficient use of forest more socially and environmentally was some rethinking on the issue of resources found their way from the p r o d u c e a n d a - f o r e s t a t i o n sensitive forest management the forest policy. In 1952, the forest dwellers to the contractors A Santhal woman and her art programmes. The Forest Act of 2006 strategy, the post –colonial Government of India issued a new and to the corporate world that sees over them in the name of scientific India forests hold a very important is the landmark in the evolution of department actually embraced and national forest policy. It was forests as a source of profit alone. management. And since time place in the life and philosophy of the government’s attitudes on tribal enlarged on British policies. declared that forest policy should be Dams and mines displaced millions immemorial present day society of the people as distinct from material people and their rights. It attempts With the advent of the British based on the paramount national of people, destruction of forest tribal people is intimately linked gains one derives from them. not only to correct a historic in India, they realized the needs. It is stated that the use of caused hunger and destitution. with the forests with its ecological The life of these tribes and injustice committed by the colonial commercial value of forests. They forest should not be permitted at the Tribals became ecological refugees system - a natural environment, that indigenous people is closely linked and post –colonial rulers, its greatest saw Indian forests as an important cost of national interests. In actual within the country. which influences their lives. This is with forests, its flora and fauna. resource to be exploited for the practice the concept of national value is that it effectively recognizes best illustrated by the life style of the These inhabitants i.e. Santhal, purposes of revenue and export and interest was interpreted in a very the rights of forest dwellers who Constitutional Guarantees tribals of Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa Munda, Kudumi, Dharua, Ganda, for this they gradually brought forest narrow sense. The destruction of previously were considered for Tribals and Madhya Pradesh. History is full Bhuyan, Bhumija, Birhor, Lodha, areas under their control and forest forest for the developmental encroachers on state land. Articles 15(4), 16 and 17 of the with instances of tribals relying Khadia, Ho, Mahyali, Mankidia, department was organized and projects was justified in the name of Impact on Tribals Constitution of India provide for heavily upon these hilly and rocky Kolha, Orang, Bathudi, Puran and forest act was enacted. For this national interest and adivasis were Indian forest laws enacted in promotion of educational and forested terrains as their stronghold others have a special identity due to purpose, the first forest act of 1865 discouraged from using the forest. the 19th and 20th centuries treated economic interests and protection and safe haven against enemies. t h e c u l t u r e o f t h e i r o w n was enacted to regulate forest The government tried to obtain more forest dwellers and other traditional from social injustice and all forms of Historical research reveals that communities. exploitation and management and and more revenue from the forest. forest users and especially their exploitation. Centre and State lifestyle of tribals particularly in Forests in India preservation. For the first time an The forest officials of India thought farming practices such as shifting policies for forests and tribals keep Eastern India is influenced by hilly Forests in India cover an area attempt was made to regulate the mainly of increasing the revenue cultivation as a threat to forest these constitutional obligations in areas and not by coastal belts and of 7,43,584 sq km i.e. 22% of the collection of forest produce by the from forests, treating adivasis as the ecology. The British forest policies mind. Rights of tribals were according to cultural traditions of total landmass of India. Tripura has forest dwellers, but by and large the enemies of the forests. That such were mainly aimed at supplying recognised. They were permitted

12 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 13 60.8%, Orissa 43.74% and all other British left the forest dwellers alone policy was the mere extension of the raw materials for the British states have less than 40%. Many after their experience of revolting government authority over forest to based industries and commercial forests are in poor condition and as tribals of Bihar. the detriment of tribal economy and exploitation of forests was per recent estimates forests do not In the nineteenth century life and changes in the rights of the encouraged at the cost of tribals in cover more than 13% of the total commercialization of forests was tribal communities over the forest the name of national interest. area of India. The Forest Bills of not as large scale as in the first and was widely criticized. The Besides curtailing the various 1 9 8 0 / 1 9 8 8 c r e a t e d m u c h second quarters of the twentieth traditional rights of tribes were no customary rights over forest, as the controversy as well as awareness century. In 1861 the Department of longer recognized as rights. forest resources were mostly and concern for the forests. Due to forests was created and in 1873 the The old and new policy when collected through contractors, the inexorable forces of history, groups Indian Forest Act came into effect compared demonstrated that the tribals became victims of of people of certain ethnic origins introducing the government policy “privilege” under the old (1894) commercial exploitation of forests. were pushed to dense forests, hilly, and programme. The same year the became “concession” under the new The different regulations and inaccessible and inhospitable settlement of forests was undertaken policy (1952). restrictions imposed on the forest terrain. Environmental constraints and the forest areas of British The Forest Act of 1988 states –dwellers and tribals put them at the made such groups insular and cut administered India were classified as its objectives , the maintenance of mercy of government officials. t h e m o f f a n d k e p t t h e m as (1) Reserve Forest (class I & II), e n v i r o n m e n t a l s t a b i l i t y , Unfortunately the state, even after marginalized and below the poverty (2) Protected Forest and (3) Village conservation of the national independence, saw that the well line. The forest environment Forest. being of forest and forest dwellers as influenced their culture and life style This land law allowed My dad taught me from two different and mutually and provided food and shelter to traditional rights of the tribals to exclusive options. This was based them. Such people were grouped as continue – but restricted their my youngest childhood on the pernicious premise that Tribals, Aborginals, Girijan, ownership. The Act of 1873 was memories through forests can be protected only if the Vanvasi, Adivasi, Janjati etc. amended in 1901, 1914, 1920 and forest dwellers are excluded, and 1927. These legal and policy these connections with that their needs can be met only if Forest Policies Colonial Period instruments radically changed the society is ready to suffer the loss of Forest policies of India, can be Aboriginal and Tribal forests from common property into forest. seen in two phases- colonial and state property. It was the beginning people that you must Though not at all true, Forest post – colonial. Many British ideas of the era when the sole motivation always protect Departments blamed tribals for and methods of rule have been of forest administration was the indiscriminate destruction of continued by post- colonial people's sacred promotion of state interests. Sadly it vegetation and wildlife. Even governments, especially as India has was also the beginning of the status. gathering raw material for their become more and more hooked into alienation of village communities handicrafts became difficult and western commercial and consumer -Steve Irwin from forest. their right to collect fuel, fodder and systems. Instead of rejecting the minor forest produces were very heritage, increase in tree cover, commercially oriented policies of National Forest Policy much restricted all over India. meeting needs of the tribes , the British and replacing them with a After the independence, there Meanwhile control of these encouraging efficient use of forest more socially and environmentally was some rethinking on the issue of resources found their way from the p r o d u c e a n d a - f o r e s t a t i o n sensitive forest management the forest policy. In 1952, the forest dwellers to the contractors A Santhal woman and her art programmes. The Forest Act of 2006 strategy, the post –colonial Government of India issued a new and to the corporate world that sees over them in the name of scientific India forests hold a very important is the landmark in the evolution of department actually embraced and national forest policy. It was forests as a source of profit alone. management. And since time place in the life and philosophy of the government’s attitudes on tribal enlarged on British policies. declared that forest policy should be Dams and mines displaced millions immemorial present day society of the people as distinct from material people and their rights. It attempts With the advent of the British based on the paramount national of people, destruction of forest tribal people is intimately linked gains one derives from them. not only to correct a historic in India, they realized the needs. It is stated that the use of caused hunger and destitution. with the forests with its ecological The life of these tribes and injustice committed by the colonial commercial value of forests. They forest should not be permitted at the Tribals became ecological refugees system - a natural environment, that indigenous people is closely linked and post –colonial rulers, its greatest saw Indian forests as an important cost of national interests. In actual within the country. which influences their lives. This is with forests, its flora and fauna. resource to be exploited for the practice the concept of national value is that it effectively recognizes best illustrated by the life style of the These inhabitants i.e. Santhal, purposes of revenue and export and interest was interpreted in a very the rights of forest dwellers who Constitutional Guarantees tribals of Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa Munda, Kudumi, Dharua, Ganda, for this they gradually brought forest narrow sense. The destruction of previously were considered for Tribals and Madhya Pradesh. History is full Bhuyan, Bhumija, Birhor, Lodha, areas under their control and forest forest for the developmental encroachers on state land. Articles 15(4), 16 and 17 of the with instances of tribals relying Khadia, Ho, Mahyali, Mankidia, department was organized and projects was justified in the name of Impact on Tribals Constitution of India provide for heavily upon these hilly and rocky Kolha, Orang, Bathudi, Puran and forest act was enacted. For this national interest and adivasis were Indian forest laws enacted in promotion of educational and forested terrains as their stronghold others have a special identity due to purpose, the first forest act of 1865 discouraged from using the forest. the 19th and 20th centuries treated economic interests and protection and safe haven against enemies. t h e c u l t u r e o f t h e i r o w n was enacted to regulate forest The government tried to obtain more forest dwellers and other traditional from social injustice and all forms of Historical research reveals that communities. exploitation and management and and more revenue from the forest. forest users and especially their exploitation. Centre and State lifestyle of tribals particularly in Forests in India preservation. For the first time an The forest officials of India thought farming practices such as shifting policies for forests and tribals keep Eastern India is influenced by hilly Forests in India cover an area attempt was made to regulate the mainly of increasing the revenue cultivation as a threat to forest these constitutional obligations in areas and not by coastal belts and of 7,43,584 sq km i.e. 22% of the collection of forest produce by the from forests, treating adivasis as the ecology. The British forest policies mind. Rights of tribals were according to cultural traditions of total landmass of India. Tripura has forest dwellers, but by and large the enemies of the forests. That such were mainly aimed at supplying recognised. They were permitted

12 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 13 becomes clear that their food habits them anti-socials and they took to Chotanagpur district is one of the main sources of and economic activities are very petty crimes like theft for their very Let us now shift focus to Chota mica in the world. Other minerals closely interfaced with their forest survival. What started as ones or nagpur plateau and the Birhor tribes are copper, limestone, bauxite, iron habitat. twos gradually steeped deep in the who dwell in them. It is in eastern ore, asbestos, and apatite (useful in Mahua Lodha community. India, in Jharkhand state and is the manufacture of phosphate composed of Precambrian rocks fertilizers). A huge thermal plant for It is a fact of history that the Criminal Tribes Act Lodhas lived deep in the forest, were more than 540 million years old. generating electricity and a large Then came the Criminal Tribes Chota Nagpur is the collective name steel mill are located at Bokaro. fully dependent on forest resources Act of 1871 designed to control the and used them without stress or tribal groups whom the British felt strain. They roamed about freely in were hereditarily prone to criminal the forests of Midnapore following activities. A draconian amendment their traditional forms of livelihood of 1897 also empowered district but the East India Company’s officials to segregate children aged 4 ‘Permanent Settlement of Bengal’ of – 18 from their parents, ostensibly to 1793 designed primarily to rake in avoid adverse influence. In 1916, revenue, curtailed the freedom of Lodhas were added to the list of these simple forest dwellers of criminal tribes. This further Midnapore. increased the sufferings of the What was worse, it gave birth Lodha people. to smaller or bigger ‘Zamindars’ After independence in 1952, landlords – and this unjust the Criminal Tribes Act was settlement gave non tribals control repealed and out of an all India over vast tracts of forests. population of 36.10 crores 2.71 Agricultural communities like crores of people belonging to 153 free grazing, collection of flowers, meaning trapper or fowler. There is Santhals, Mahtos and Sadgops communities (including the Lodhas) fruits, roots and tubers and removal also another theory that they came cleared forests for cultivation and were freed from the stigma of of firewood for their home from Ludhiana district of Punjab the Lodhas were pushed back from criminality. Old prejudices die hard, consumption, before the Non- and adopted the term Lodha or their old habitats. Life became more the entire community of Lodhas Forest Life in Forest Conservation Ludhi after their original homeland. difficult for them as the government continued to be seen as thieves and (Amendment) Act 1990 came into Yet another theory is that they sided with the cultivators – because robbers. being. The above is the official adopted the name from the Lodh agriculture produce meant more At this stage many well version – reality lies somewhere trees which grows in abundance in revenue. intentioned steps were taken by the Map of Chotanagpur circa nineteenth century else. Despite these guarantees tribals North India. With unrestricted felling, there West Bengal government to remain the most backward and After independence in the 1951 was hardly any forest left for the rehabilitate the Lodhas in for the Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Railroads cross the plateau, neglected ethnic groups in India, census they were considered as a Lodhas to pursue their age old Midnapore district. Lands, Kodarma plateaus, which have an connecting Calcutta to the southeast worse than scheduled castes and caste along with Savars and in 1956 hunting gathering skills. As a result agricultural implements, oxen, area of 65,509 sq km. Its largest with Patna to the north, and also link other backward social groups on the they were declared as Scheduled they were forced to migrate cows, goats and seeds were given to division is the Ranchi Plateau, other cities in the south and west. three important parameters of Tribe. The 1961 census classified eastwards to the plains, which transform them into a settled which has an average elevation of Birhor Tribe health, education and income. them under the Austric family of unfortunately wasn’t of much use agrarian community. These honest 2,300 ft (700 m). The Chotanagpur LR Forbes, an ICS, in his Lodha Tribe of West Bengal languages. In the 1981 census their for their traditional economic intentions did not fully succeed. plateau in its entirety lies between report of 1872 writes, “The Birhores Let us now see how all this population was 53,717. Lodhas are a lifestyle. Others felt jealous of the Lodhas the basins of the Ganges and Son are probably one of the earliest affected the Lodha tribe who played typical patriarchal society and their Being forest dwellers for over getting special attention and in 1961 rivers to the north and the Mahanadi settlers in the hills and forests of the a notable role in the anthropological general economic life is directly millennia it was well nigh there was a mass attack on them by River to the south; through its Chotanagpore country found history of forest dwelling linked with the forests. From the impossible for them to take to other tribal groups. Such attacks centre, from west to east, runs the scattered over the hills in communities of West Bengal. They jungle they catch snakes and sell the farming overnight. People around were repeated in 1968, 79, 81, 82, 86 coal-bearing, faulted Damodar Hazareebaugh and Chotanagpore. live mainly in Midnapore district skin to merchants. Collection of were unsympathetic and even and 1989. Mahasweta Devi a Valley. Though wild, they are a very and in its western part there is a firewood and mat making are hostile at times. Amidst poverty renowned human rights activists Centuries of heavy cultivation harmless race. They are to be found village of the Lodha community important economic pursuits. these environmental pressures made who worked with the Lodhas rightly have depleted the plateau of much of living only on the tops and spurs of called Lodhasuli. Elsewhere they Catching fish during rainy season said that though the Lodhas were its natural vegetation, though some the hills, cultivating absolutely live in a multi ethnic environment and selling them is another vocation. declassified in 1950, the rural valuable forests still remain. Forest nothing and living exclusively on with Santhals, Kheria, Oraon, They also were adept at growing populace still think of the Lodhas as products, such as tussah silk and lac, monkeys, birds, jungle roots, and Bhumij, Mahlis, Mundas, Mahtos, ‘tusser’ cocoons from ‘Asan’ trees criminals and whenever there was are economically important. The herbs. They also tame monkeys and Brahmans and Sadgops. Lodhas also (Terminolia Tomentosa) and gather theft or dacoity it was customary to Chotanagpur area has the most teach them to dance, and are live in Mayurbhanj district of Mahua flowers or fruits to harass the Lodhas. Such attitude still valuable concentration of mineral sometimes found in the villages Jharkhand. supplement their income. Their diet prevails and the Lodhas are thought resources in India. making a living in this way. They The word Lodha may have was mainly wild fruits and roots and of as ex-criminal tribe instead of as a The Damodar Valley has vast also make the dhol or drum used by originated from ‘Lubdhaka’ the flesh of small animals. Thus it Scheduled Tribe. coal reserves, and Hazaribagh the Kols at their festivals. In

14 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 15 becomes clear that their food habits them anti-socials and they took to Chotanagpur district is one of the main sources of and economic activities are very petty crimes like theft for their very Let us now shift focus to Chota mica in the world. Other minerals closely interfaced with their forest survival. What started as ones or nagpur plateau and the Birhor tribes are copper, limestone, bauxite, iron habitat. twos gradually steeped deep in the who dwell in them. It is in eastern ore, asbestos, and apatite (useful in Mahua Lodha community. India, in Jharkhand state and is the manufacture of phosphate composed of Precambrian rocks fertilizers). A huge thermal plant for It is a fact of history that the Criminal Tribes Act Lodhas lived deep in the forest, were more than 540 million years old. generating electricity and a large Then came the Criminal Tribes Chota Nagpur is the collective name steel mill are located at Bokaro. fully dependent on forest resources Act of 1871 designed to control the and used them without stress or tribal groups whom the British felt strain. They roamed about freely in were hereditarily prone to criminal the forests of Midnapore following activities. A draconian amendment their traditional forms of livelihood of 1897 also empowered district but the East India Company’s officials to segregate children aged 4 ‘Permanent Settlement of Bengal’ of – 18 from their parents, ostensibly to 1793 designed primarily to rake in avoid adverse influence. In 1916, revenue, curtailed the freedom of Lodhas were added to the list of these simple forest dwellers of criminal tribes. This further Midnapore. increased the sufferings of the What was worse, it gave birth Lodha people. to smaller or bigger ‘Zamindars’ After independence in 1952, landlords – and this unjust the Criminal Tribes Act was settlement gave non tribals control repealed and out of an all India over vast tracts of forests. population of 36.10 crores 2.71 Agricultural communities like crores of people belonging to 153 free grazing, collection of flowers, meaning trapper or fowler. There is Santhals, Mahtos and Sadgops communities (including the Lodhas) fruits, roots and tubers and removal also another theory that they came cleared forests for cultivation and were freed from the stigma of of firewood for their home from Ludhiana district of Punjab the Lodhas were pushed back from criminality. Old prejudices die hard, consumption, before the Non- and adopted the term Lodha or their old habitats. Life became more the entire community of Lodhas Forest Life in Forest Conservation Ludhi after their original homeland. difficult for them as the government continued to be seen as thieves and (Amendment) Act 1990 came into Yet another theory is that they sided with the cultivators – because robbers. being. The above is the official adopted the name from the Lodh agriculture produce meant more At this stage many well version – reality lies somewhere trees which grows in abundance in revenue. intentioned steps were taken by the Map of Chotanagpur circa nineteenth century else. Despite these guarantees tribals North India. With unrestricted felling, there West Bengal government to remain the most backward and After independence in the 1951 was hardly any forest left for the rehabilitate the Lodhas in for the Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Railroads cross the plateau, neglected ethnic groups in India, census they were considered as a Lodhas to pursue their age old Midnapore district. Lands, Kodarma plateaus, which have an connecting Calcutta to the southeast worse than scheduled castes and caste along with Savars and in 1956 hunting gathering skills. As a result agricultural implements, oxen, area of 65,509 sq km. Its largest with Patna to the north, and also link other backward social groups on the they were declared as Scheduled they were forced to migrate cows, goats and seeds were given to division is the Ranchi Plateau, other cities in the south and west. three important parameters of Tribe. The 1961 census classified eastwards to the plains, which transform them into a settled which has an average elevation of Birhor Tribe health, education and income. them under the Austric family of unfortunately wasn’t of much use agrarian community. These honest 2,300 ft (700 m). The Chotanagpur LR Forbes, an ICS, in his Lodha Tribe of West Bengal languages. In the 1981 census their for their traditional economic intentions did not fully succeed. plateau in its entirety lies between report of 1872 writes, “The Birhores Let us now see how all this population was 53,717. Lodhas are a lifestyle. Others felt jealous of the Lodhas the basins of the Ganges and Son are probably one of the earliest affected the Lodha tribe who played typical patriarchal society and their Being forest dwellers for over getting special attention and in 1961 rivers to the north and the Mahanadi settlers in the hills and forests of the a notable role in the anthropological general economic life is directly millennia it was well nigh there was a mass attack on them by River to the south; through its Chotanagpore country found history of forest dwelling linked with the forests. From the impossible for them to take to other tribal groups. Such attacks centre, from west to east, runs the scattered over the hills in communities of West Bengal. They jungle they catch snakes and sell the farming overnight. People around were repeated in 1968, 79, 81, 82, 86 coal-bearing, faulted Damodar Hazareebaugh and Chotanagpore. live mainly in Midnapore district skin to merchants. Collection of were unsympathetic and even and 1989. Mahasweta Devi a Valley. Though wild, they are a very and in its western part there is a firewood and mat making are hostile at times. Amidst poverty renowned human rights activists Centuries of heavy cultivation harmless race. They are to be found village of the Lodha community important economic pursuits. these environmental pressures made who worked with the Lodhas rightly have depleted the plateau of much of living only on the tops and spurs of called Lodhasuli. Elsewhere they Catching fish during rainy season said that though the Lodhas were its natural vegetation, though some the hills, cultivating absolutely live in a multi ethnic environment and selling them is another vocation. declassified in 1950, the rural valuable forests still remain. Forest nothing and living exclusively on with Santhals, Kheria, Oraon, They also were adept at growing populace still think of the Lodhas as products, such as tussah silk and lac, monkeys, birds, jungle roots, and Bhumij, Mahlis, Mundas, Mahtos, ‘tusser’ cocoons from ‘Asan’ trees criminals and whenever there was are economically important. The herbs. They also tame monkeys and Brahmans and Sadgops. Lodhas also (Terminolia Tomentosa) and gather theft or dacoity it was customary to Chotanagpur area has the most teach them to dance, and are live in Mayurbhanj district of Mahua flowers or fruits to harass the Lodhas. Such attitude still valuable concentration of mineral sometimes found in the villages Jharkhand. supplement their income. Their diet prevails and the Lodhas are thought resources in India. making a living in this way. They The word Lodha may have was mainly wild fruits and roots and of as ex-criminal tribe instead of as a The Damodar Valley has vast also make the dhol or drum used by originated from ‘Lubdhaka’ the flesh of small animals. Thus it Scheduled Tribe. coal reserves, and Hazaribagh the Kols at their festivals. In

14 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 15 people from their natural habitats in Lodha Shavars of Midnapore and the name of material progress comes Kherioia Shavars of Purulia, there at the cost of the poor tribals who are more girls than boys. Also, in remain in the depths of abysmal tribes there is no caste hierarchy. poverty. They are much more civilised and Though ignored by most advanced than the so-called people of the country, there are civilised world. They are carrying many things to learn from the tribal on their own tradition. They are the peoples of India. Mahasweta Devi mainstream.” rightly says, “Tribals are untouched by cities. We don't believe in Kherioia children of integration of tribals into the Purulia district mainstream. And what have the But it is also true that these tribals gained by the so-called people are neglected and need to be development? They still have barter economically uplifted. PROUT’s system, they are liberal with women. founder Shrii PR Sarkar offers some Tribals are the most sophisticated of practical suggestions. “In the human beings. No girl child is killed p r e s e n t s o c i o - e c o n o m i c in their society. No dowry is asked environment, however, if the for at the time of marriage, a girl can following preferential system is live in with a man before deciding adopted as a temporary measure, whether to marry him. Marriage then the suffering of the people may Kherioia children of Purulia district follows pregnancy. Widow marriage be alleviated. First, poor people Last preference should go to the is almost mandatory. Women can coming from backward families non-poor people coming from non- a p p e a r a n c e t h e y r e s e m b l e him who would be thy husband how and presented to the company, after give divorce. Among the tribes of should get first preference in the b a c k w a r d f a m i l i e s . H e r e , 'Chotanagpore', Moondah tribes. nimble is thy foot’. Upon this the girl which the feast commences in Purulia, a boy and a girl meet, marry fields of services and education, ‘backward’ means families who did They are small made, very black, gets up and suddenly darts at full earnest, high jinks are carried on till in the presence of stone. They don't irrespective of their birth affiliation. not get any services or education in and the generality have rather sharp speed into the forest; a minute later morning”. live in joint families, they live Second preference should go to the the past. Such families should features. and off starts the boy to catch his Since independence the jointly. Everybody earns till the old poor people coming from non- continue to get these facilities until Both men and women wear bride. When the chase is going on a policies of government have totally age. It is fashionable to talk of backward families. Third preference there is no poverty in the country – their hair long and hanging, matted kind of chant is sung, one side neglected the marginalized declining male-female ratio in urban should go to the non-poor people that is, until the minimum over their faces. Very young replying to the other, and singing the communities, who depend upon the India. Among certain tribes like coming from backward families. requirements are guaranteed”. children live with their parents, the praises of the bride and bridegroom forest and forest related resources others apart. The boys and girls live in some such words as these: for their dependence. The forest together, and are allowed all ‘Joomee ( the girl ) is like the Deer, policies of state have done more and freedom before marriage but in their her foot is swift, she flies like the more injustice towards tribal wedded life they are exceedingly west wind’, to which the boy's communities by diverting their land TRIBAL PROVERBS chaste. Their marriage ceremony is family will reply : ‘Mahno is like the and their resources for market interesting and peculiar. arrow that strikes the deer ; he is oriented production in the name of The burden of your friend is like a basket of feathers (Sukuma Tribe As soon as a young couple is swift and sure. Joomee has fear, development. The Forest Act of Proverb); In the desert of life, the wise travel by caravan, while the fool determined to marry, the elders of Mahno has love’. This song goes on 2006 could not ameliorate the travels alone (Arabian); A lie can annihilate a thousand truths (Ashanti both families join in collecting all till the shout of the boy, as he sufferings of the tribal community. tribe Kenya); Write kindness in marble. Write injuries in the sand their available resources for a feast. succeeds in catching the girl, is The forest is the pivot around Roast pig, stewed monkey, herbs heard, when silence follows. which the tribal life revolves, but for (Persian); He who has bread has many problems; He who has no bread cooked in fat, roots of all sorts make The chase seldom lasts longer the state, the forest is simply a has only one problem (Byzantine); He who tells the truth is never wrong up the bill of fare. As soon as all is than a few minutes ; and if they are source of raw materials for industry (Swahili); Flies' legs, like the tongue of critics, land on whatever they find prepared the guests assemble, and not already out of sight of the and revenue for itself. In some states (Duala); An empty sack cannot stand (Mandingue); When a lion roars, the members of the two families sit spectators, the youthful couple at the Forest Department is a major he does not catch game (Acholi); If you have a lot, give some of your down in a line opposite one another. once retire into the forest, and the source of revenue for the possessions; if you have little, give some of your heart (Nilotic); The After certain inquiries as to whether marriage is there consummated. government. It is no wonder that mouth of an elderly man is without teeth, but never without words of the feast is prepared, and receiving They return presently to their successive plans, policies, and satisfactory replies, the father of the friends, when the girl is taken charge legislation have resulted in wisdom (Duala); The mouth makes debts, but the hands must pay boy thus addresses the father of the of by the women, who proceed to restricting the rights and usage of (Ewe); What the heart carries would be too heavy for a donkey to take bride: ‘My son calls his bride; his adorn her in her bridal dress, forests by millions of tribal people down the road (Oromo Tribe, Ethiopia); To be happy in one's home is looks are eager; his feet are swift’, or generally a new "sari" of coarse for whom forests are their only better than being a chief (Yoruba Tribe, Nigeria); What you see being some such words as these. The girl’s country cloth, a present from the refuge and source of sustenance. done is better than what you hear being said (Toucouleur Tribe, father then turning to the maiden bridegroom. Flowers are placed in With all these, one may safely Senegal). says: ‘Fly my daughter, and show her hair, and blushing she is led forth conclude that displacement of forest

16 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 17 people from their natural habitats in Lodha Shavars of Midnapore and the name of material progress comes Kherioia Shavars of Purulia, there at the cost of the poor tribals who are more girls than boys. Also, in remain in the depths of abysmal tribes there is no caste hierarchy. poverty. They are much more civilised and Though ignored by most advanced than the so-called people of the country, there are civilised world. They are carrying many things to learn from the tribal on their own tradition. They are the peoples of India. Mahasweta Devi mainstream.” rightly says, “Tribals are untouched by cities. We don't believe in Kherioia children of integration of tribals into the Purulia district mainstream. And what have the But it is also true that these tribals gained by the so-called people are neglected and need to be development? They still have barter economically uplifted. PROUT’s system, they are liberal with women. founder Shrii PR Sarkar offers some Tribals are the most sophisticated of practical suggestions. “In the human beings. No girl child is killed p r e s e n t s o c i o - e c o n o m i c in their society. No dowry is asked environment, however, if the for at the time of marriage, a girl can following preferential system is live in with a man before deciding adopted as a temporary measure, whether to marry him. Marriage then the suffering of the people may Kherioia children of Purulia district follows pregnancy. Widow marriage be alleviated. First, poor people Last preference should go to the is almost mandatory. Women can coming from backward families non-poor people coming from non- a p p e a r a n c e t h e y r e s e m b l e him who would be thy husband how and presented to the company, after give divorce. Among the tribes of should get first preference in the b a c k w a r d f a m i l i e s . H e r e , 'Chotanagpore', Moondah tribes. nimble is thy foot’. Upon this the girl which the feast commences in Purulia, a boy and a girl meet, marry fields of services and education, ‘backward’ means families who did They are small made, very black, gets up and suddenly darts at full earnest, high jinks are carried on till in the presence of stone. They don't irrespective of their birth affiliation. not get any services or education in and the generality have rather sharp speed into the forest; a minute later morning”. live in joint families, they live Second preference should go to the the past. Such families should features. and off starts the boy to catch his Since independence the jointly. Everybody earns till the old poor people coming from non- continue to get these facilities until Both men and women wear bride. When the chase is going on a policies of government have totally age. It is fashionable to talk of backward families. Third preference there is no poverty in the country – their hair long and hanging, matted kind of chant is sung, one side neglected the marginalized declining male-female ratio in urban should go to the non-poor people that is, until the minimum over their faces. Very young replying to the other, and singing the communities, who depend upon the India. Among certain tribes like coming from backward families. requirements are guaranteed”. children live with their parents, the praises of the bride and bridegroom forest and forest related resources others apart. The boys and girls live in some such words as these: for their dependence. The forest together, and are allowed all ‘Joomee ( the girl ) is like the Deer, policies of state have done more and freedom before marriage but in their her foot is swift, she flies like the more injustice towards tribal wedded life they are exceedingly west wind’, to which the boy's communities by diverting their land TRIBAL PROVERBS chaste. Their marriage ceremony is family will reply : ‘Mahno is like the and their resources for market interesting and peculiar. arrow that strikes the deer ; he is oriented production in the name of The burden of your friend is like a basket of feathers (Sukuma Tribe As soon as a young couple is swift and sure. Joomee has fear, development. The Forest Act of Proverb); In the desert of life, the wise travel by caravan, while the fool determined to marry, the elders of Mahno has love’. This song goes on 2006 could not ameliorate the travels alone (Arabian); A lie can annihilate a thousand truths (Ashanti both families join in collecting all till the shout of the boy, as he sufferings of the tribal community. tribe Kenya); Write kindness in marble. Write injuries in the sand their available resources for a feast. succeeds in catching the girl, is The forest is the pivot around Roast pig, stewed monkey, herbs heard, when silence follows. which the tribal life revolves, but for (Persian); He who has bread has many problems; He who has no bread cooked in fat, roots of all sorts make The chase seldom lasts longer the state, the forest is simply a has only one problem (Byzantine); He who tells the truth is never wrong up the bill of fare. As soon as all is than a few minutes ; and if they are source of raw materials for industry (Swahili); Flies' legs, like the tongue of critics, land on whatever they find prepared the guests assemble, and not already out of sight of the and revenue for itself. In some states (Duala); An empty sack cannot stand (Mandingue); When a lion roars, the members of the two families sit spectators, the youthful couple at the Forest Department is a major he does not catch game (Acholi); If you have a lot, give some of your down in a line opposite one another. once retire into the forest, and the source of revenue for the possessions; if you have little, give some of your heart (Nilotic); The After certain inquiries as to whether marriage is there consummated. government. It is no wonder that mouth of an elderly man is without teeth, but never without words of the feast is prepared, and receiving They return presently to their successive plans, policies, and satisfactory replies, the father of the friends, when the girl is taken charge legislation have resulted in wisdom (Duala); The mouth makes debts, but the hands must pay boy thus addresses the father of the of by the women, who proceed to restricting the rights and usage of (Ewe); What the heart carries would be too heavy for a donkey to take bride: ‘My son calls his bride; his adorn her in her bridal dress, forests by millions of tribal people down the road (Oromo Tribe, Ethiopia); To be happy in one's home is looks are eager; his feet are swift’, or generally a new "sari" of coarse for whom forests are their only better than being a chief (Yoruba Tribe, Nigeria); What you see being some such words as these. The girl’s country cloth, a present from the refuge and source of sustenance. done is better than what you hear being said (Toucouleur Tribe, father then turning to the maiden bridegroom. Flowers are placed in With all these, one may safely Senegal). says: ‘Fly my daughter, and show her hair, and blushing she is led forth conclude that displacement of forest

16 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 17 PROUT FUTURES corporation. It will take time to produce sufficient food. Nor can such a society is down the road. At make this shift. The solutions to the cold, high plateau countries like present, there is the chaos and immediate economic crisis will Mongolia. So what will people in struggle of the transition from one move in that direction, but it will not these areas — in high plateaus and in system to another. In the PROUT system, rather than having corporate occur automatically. For the deserts — do for food? They will Survival Will Demand the conglomerates making the decisions to produce immediate solutions, there is need to have to be in economic coordination establish a world council to with regions in fertile areas of the PROUT Approach here and sell there, each region would have an coordinate the bailout of companies, world capable of producing greater Naturally in a time like this, economy with as much autonomy as possible. states, countries – a kind of disaster quantities of food. This coordination when there is upheaval and relief in the economic sphere and a is not occurring effectively in the t r a n s i t i o n , p e o p l e b e c o m e coordination among the different current world situation because of frightened. They want to retreat into countries on a plan for stabilization. the irresponsible corporate themselves, and so protectionism There needs to be a plan for economic cowboys who rule the comes into place. However, stabilization so that unemployment global economy. They come in, they necessity speaks louder than can be lessened and people can have sell here and buy there, but not based p r o t e c t i o n i s m , b e c a u s e work. To do this, governments must on the needs of the different regions. protectionism, just like failing take over the leadership of They take control of the regions capitalist values, will not meet the economic affairs that has been in the away from the people and act out of needs of the day. PROUT’s Pathway The isms of protectionism and hands of the multinational their personal capitalist mandate to c o r p o r a t i o n s . W h e n t h e earn ever more profits. They run the fundamentalism naturally arise in governments take over this economy as they please, and not as is reaction to the unknown and leadership, they will take the reins of needed by the people. frightening nature of the times. But the economy and invest in the future Of course, they fulfill people’s they will not carry the day. What will of the economy. Thus, it will move needs in so much as they can have a carry the day is that which looks ð Ravi Logan to a Bright Future toward economic socialism. This is good market for their goods. But most likely to provide for the not to say there will be no individual their goal is not to fulfill anyone's survival for humanity. How can we merchants, or even no multinational needs; it is to make money. In their reassure those who are in fear and hroughout the world, economic autonomy cannot stand on Libya — cannot eat oil. They must corporations (at least for a time). But dominance, they have been lean towards divisiveisms? We must p e o p l e a n d its own, that it must occur within a import certain foods. So there needs the relationships will change. These irresponsible and they have botched appeal to their logic and their need to Tc o m m u n i t i e s a r e well-regulated system of global to be trade. But in the PROUT types of solutions are necessary at up. So there is a growing need for an survive. But if, in their fear, they coming to realize that the approach coordination and that for this an system, rather than having corporate this time. international coordinating body, and become irrational, they will do so. of economic globalism is not international coordinating body is conglomerates making the decisions PROUT advocates the ideal of that international body will need to Eventually, however, their irrational working. People’s needs are not necessary. to produce here and sell there, each local economic autonomy. But what distribute economic power in a way approaches will fade — just as getting adequately met and local Consider the situation of region would have an economy with does that look like in a given that increases local economic already many fundamentalist communities have lost control over providing for people’s most basic as much autonomy as possible. situation? In America, in the state of autonomy. But they will also need to approaches have arisen but are not California, so many vegetables can regulate the global economy very carrying the day. And they will not be grown; but in Alaska in the winter strongly. carry the day, because these it is difficult to produce vegetables, If California decides that they approaches cannot meet people’s other than in hot houses that are have lots of fruits and vegetables and need. Need is critical. costly to operate. If the Alaskan much of the world does not, so that If a society cannot meet the people want to eat vegetables in they will charge ten times as much need, the society will perish. Faced winter, they will either have to for their produce because others are with perishing, most people will do import them from California or they desperate — they must buy no what is necessary to save will have to pay high prices for hot matter what they are charged — themselves. There is a strong drive house grown vegetables – so that then, what happens? Greed takes in the human species to adapt and do only the rich can afford to eat over. So the international what is needed to survive. To vegetables on a daily basis. coordinating body must be able to survive, humanity must follow the California can have more economic say to California, "No, we are p a t h t o w a r d d e c e n t r a l i z e d autonomy, but a part of its economic regulating your trade. You cannot autonomy with global coordination. autonomy will be selling its charge above this, otherwise you are People will do what they do for vegetables. Part of the economic exploiting the others." necessity. If, in the short run, it looks autonomy of Alaska will be buying In this way, the international like having an economic bailout will their economies. So people are need, that of food. How would These autonomous regional vegetables, because they cannot body will keep the global economy help certain corporations stay alive calling for regional economic provision of food be assured to all economies can ship their excess produce enough. Of course, to the regulated. This is where the value of so that the society may struggle on a autonomy. under a system of decentralized production out to those in need and extent that Alaskans are able to a ksattriyan society comes in. The little longer, naturally that will be PROUT also calls for regional economic development? trade will occur. But they retain their produce vegetables, they should ksattriyan society will be very done. Necessity pushes it. But when autonomy. But the PROUT Countries in dry regions — economic autonomy; they will not do so. capable of regulating and the realization comes that these approach says that regional such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and w o r k f o r a m u l t i n a t i o n a l Desert countries also cannot maintaining a strict world order. But policies aren't adequate, necessity

18 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 19 PROUT FUTURES corporation. It will take time to produce sufficient food. Nor can such a society is down the road. At make this shift. The solutions to the cold, high plateau countries like present, there is the chaos and immediate economic crisis will Mongolia. So what will people in struggle of the transition from one move in that direction, but it will not these areas — in high plateaus and in system to another. In the PROUT system, rather than having corporate occur automatically. For the deserts — do for food? They will Survival Will Demand the conglomerates making the decisions to produce immediate solutions, there is need to have to be in economic coordination establish a world council to with regions in fertile areas of the PROUT Approach here and sell there, each region would have an coordinate the bailout of companies, world capable of producing greater Naturally in a time like this, economy with as much autonomy as possible. states, countries – a kind of disaster quantities of food. This coordination when there is upheaval and relief in the economic sphere and a is not occurring effectively in the t r a n s i t i o n , p e o p l e b e c o m e coordination among the different current world situation because of frightened. They want to retreat into countries on a plan for stabilization. the irresponsible corporate themselves, and so protectionism There needs to be a plan for economic cowboys who rule the comes into place. However, stabilization so that unemployment global economy. They come in, they necessity speaks louder than can be lessened and people can have sell here and buy there, but not based p r o t e c t i o n i s m , b e c a u s e work. To do this, governments must on the needs of the different regions. protectionism, just like failing take over the leadership of They take control of the regions capitalist values, will not meet the economic affairs that has been in the away from the people and act out of needs of the day. PROUT’s Pathway The isms of protectionism and hands of the multinational their personal capitalist mandate to c o r p o r a t i o n s . W h e n t h e earn ever more profits. They run the fundamentalism naturally arise in governments take over this economy as they please, and not as is reaction to the unknown and leadership, they will take the reins of needed by the people. frightening nature of the times. But the economy and invest in the future Of course, they fulfill people’s they will not carry the day. What will of the economy. Thus, it will move needs in so much as they can have a carry the day is that which looks ð Ravi Logan to a Bright Future toward economic socialism. This is good market for their goods. But most likely to provide for the not to say there will be no individual their goal is not to fulfill anyone's survival for humanity. How can we merchants, or even no multinational needs; it is to make money. In their reassure those who are in fear and hroughout the world, economic autonomy cannot stand on Libya — cannot eat oil. They must corporations (at least for a time). But dominance, they have been lean towards divisiveisms? We must p e o p l e a n d its own, that it must occur within a import certain foods. So there needs the relationships will change. These irresponsible and they have botched appeal to their logic and their need to Tc o m m u n i t i e s a r e well-regulated system of global to be trade. But in the PROUT types of solutions are necessary at up. So there is a growing need for an survive. But if, in their fear, they coming to realize that the approach coordination and that for this an system, rather than having corporate this time. international coordinating body, and become irrational, they will do so. of economic globalism is not international coordinating body is conglomerates making the decisions PROUT advocates the ideal of that international body will need to Eventually, however, their irrational working. People’s needs are not necessary. to produce here and sell there, each local economic autonomy. But what distribute economic power in a way approaches will fade — just as getting adequately met and local Consider the situation of region would have an economy with does that look like in a given that increases local economic already many fundamentalist communities have lost control over providing for people’s most basic as much autonomy as possible. situation? In America, in the state of autonomy. But they will also need to approaches have arisen but are not California, so many vegetables can regulate the global economy very carrying the day. And they will not be grown; but in Alaska in the winter strongly. carry the day, because these it is difficult to produce vegetables, If California decides that they approaches cannot meet people’s other than in hot houses that are have lots of fruits and vegetables and need. Need is critical. costly to operate. If the Alaskan much of the world does not, so that If a society cannot meet the people want to eat vegetables in they will charge ten times as much need, the society will perish. Faced winter, they will either have to for their produce because others are with perishing, most people will do import them from California or they desperate — they must buy no what is necessary to save will have to pay high prices for hot matter what they are charged — themselves. There is a strong drive house grown vegetables – so that then, what happens? Greed takes in the human species to adapt and do only the rich can afford to eat over. So the international what is needed to survive. To vegetables on a daily basis. coordinating body must be able to survive, humanity must follow the California can have more economic say to California, "No, we are p a t h t o w a r d d e c e n t r a l i z e d autonomy, but a part of its economic regulating your trade. You cannot autonomy with global coordination. autonomy will be selling its charge above this, otherwise you are People will do what they do for vegetables. Part of the economic exploiting the others." necessity. If, in the short run, it looks autonomy of Alaska will be buying In this way, the international like having an economic bailout will their economies. So people are need, that of food. How would These autonomous regional vegetables, because they cannot body will keep the global economy help certain corporations stay alive calling for regional economic provision of food be assured to all economies can ship their excess produce enough. Of course, to the regulated. This is where the value of so that the society may struggle on a autonomy. under a system of decentralized production out to those in need and extent that Alaskans are able to a ksattriyan society comes in. The little longer, naturally that will be PROUT also calls for regional economic development? trade will occur. But they retain their produce vegetables, they should ksattriyan society will be very done. Necessity pushes it. But when autonomy. But the PROUT Countries in dry regions — economic autonomy; they will not do so. capable of regulating and the realization comes that these approach says that regional such as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and w o r k f o r a m u l t i n a t i o n a l Desert countries also cannot maintaining a strict world order. But policies aren't adequate, necessity

18 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 19 will push for greater steps to be community, to looking out for your of cooperatives, the formation of does not support the individual today. Those two assumptions make air. Water supplies and tables are taken. Necessity demands change, neighbors, to making your community, of economic autonomy, economic progress of the capitalist, this a faulty theory. diminishing. The amount of usable and people come up to the mark or community sustainable living in of local businesses — is dependent and it does not support the individual Of course, we cannot assume water is going down. Global they perish. It is that simple. It is not community, to coming back to on whom you are talking to. If intellectual dominance or religious that population can continue to grow warming and shifts in climate intellectual; it has nothing to do with family and extended community, talking to a small town mayor, talk dominance of the intellectuals. and that there will always be plenty reduce the amount of usable land. beliefs or politics. then people can begin to root about bringing economic autonomy Rather, it supports duty and honor of food to eat. There is truth that There is no regulation in the Need to Change Society’s themselves in something solid, to the community, about developing and collective welfare. The people population can grow out of the human society. People endanger Value Base something simple, something stable small businesses, about developing in dominance in one age are never carrying capacity of the earth, that themselves and their neighbors due In bringing forward PROUT that they can relate to. In this way, a sense of community values, and comfortable with the ascending population can reach a level that is to lack of regulation. And the solutions to the growing economic the values will shift from seeking to about the community becoming as values of the new age. But the unsustainable. The size of the capitalist approach of development problems, we should not focus on have more and more for one’s self to sustainable as possible using rolling of the ages cannot be human population has already only for personal need — not taking local economic autonomy on the one being a part of a functional alternative energies and developing changed except by the annihilation become disproportionate and has into account the larger collective hand, or on establishing a global community — where there is duty to a value base that supports this. To of the world. become blight, killing off many good — this must change and the degree that the community is economic coordinating body on the your neighbors, duty to your society, Humanity’s Future is Bright species, making the earth's oceans change quickly. other hand. We must talk about both. duty to your family, and where the open, you can bring forward the idea die, polluting the earth, and The shift from the capitalist era There are those who want to We must talk about how to establish measure of a successful person is of their having interconnectedness endangering the very planet on through popular revolution to a minimize use of resources and they economic autonomy because in the that they meet those duties well and within a larger global society. But which we live. Yet Mother Nature is ksattriyan era is a very tumultuous right now it is mainly about freeing believe that the earth's carrying global development that economic improve the general welfare of all. very resourceful and she will not time. A significant change of values them from the tyranny of capacity is fixed and finite and that autonomy will become the This is the change from allow this to go on. Through various is occurring, and hung in the balance exploitation by multinational we can therefore only have a fixed prevailing mode. So that must be capitalist values to ksattriyan values. means the human population will go of the changing values is the very corporations. population. There is an assumption encouraged while also encouraging And this is the shift that is now going down — whether by birth control or survival of planet earth and the life People want to be free on a that we have a fixed resource base to the need for a coordinated world on. However, the progressive other means. on it. But the human society will one-by-one personal level from this live on —a certain amount of oil, economy having a neohumanist minded people (the viksubdha The population of northern rally. There will be difficulty, there exploitation. Look at how in the timber, food, etc. intent — that is, being guided by shudras) that are in the forefront of Europeans and of white Americans will be loss of population, but Middle East people want to be free. But is it so? Is there only a spiritual values. making changes, they are not is already going down. Population society will not fall to some They do not like the capitalists, and certain amount of solar energy, a The war that is to be fought is ksattriyans. They don't want a naturally diminishes among people primitive level. People will find their psychology is not of a capitalist certain amount of psychic energy? not with a human enemy. It is with regulated, duty oriented society. with greater technology and a better their way to a coordinated global mentality. They do not want These assumptions are too material the out-of-control mess that has Most of them can’t relate to this. standard of living. But the society with local economic corporate exploitation. They react in their perspective. The assumption been left in the wake of the dying They are rebels; they are against the population of poorer people autonomy. and cling to their fundamentalism, is being made that technology will capitalist era. In the era of capitalist established order. They may reject continues to grow unsustainably. Necessity brings solutions. and the fundamentalists take not progress. But technology will go (vaeshyan) dominance, everything the capitalist values and institutions Why? — Because they retain the Even now, we begin to see the dominance because the people don’t forward. is for personal gain. The dominant and embrace alternative ideals, but belief that by greater numbers of necessity. We see looming these want to be dominated by the Pollution occurs because value of this society is to few have embraced ksattriyan offspring they will have more destructive forces. We see looming capitalists. When instead they can technology has not sufficiently t h i n k : “ H o w c a n I b e c o m e values of social duty. Yet, as they security. This type of thinking is great challenges to the human see a solution that is not capitalist, developed; it is still highly economically secure and safe and settle, as they ground, as they seek to from an older time, and it is society, to living beings, to the that incorporates their religion’s primitive. When it becomes more have a great deal of personal manifest their ideas in community, contributing to the harm of the planet earth. We see economic valuing of family and community, developed, it will not have the wealth?” This approach, this in connection with others, they will planet. troubles. It is a time of turmoil, but and that gives importance to local environmentally destructive fundamental value of personal gain, learn loyalty and duty and many will There needs to be regulation in the future of humanity is bright. economic autonomy, they will jump impacts on the physical plane that it has led to this whole economic mess. become ksattriyans. this society. The population cannot There are those who say that on it. They will jump on these ideas does today. However, more So the need to change the value base be sustained even at today's level. humanity will not survive. But a n d w i l l g i v e u p t h e i r developed technology will be more must be addressed, and it must then Giving People a Pathway to And the population thirty years from Proutists answer that the future of fundamentalism for this approach dangerous. So the society will need be explained what is the beneficial Survival now, if allowed to continue growing humanity is bright. People’s quality because they want to survive. to be more regulated because the impact that this will have. When presenting PROUTist at the present rate, will be of life will get better. Not all will Everyone wants to survive. So, same technology that can create When the dominant value base solutions to people, what you give c o m p l e t e l y u n s u s t a i n a b l e . make it through this transition. emphasizing the development of survival can also kill. of the people shifts to building them — whether it is the formation However, there are controls both in There will be calamities; there will community, family, local economic Without strongly regulated the human society and on the planet be a natural reduction in the human autonomy, and world coordination societies, such technology is highly in general that will prevent this. population. A great transition is based on the welfare of all living dangerous. Already the technology Unfortunately, that preventing occurring; society is coming of age. beings — this is what is to be is at a dangerous stage in the under- of population growth can be quite It is becoming a global society. It is emphasized. regulated society. People are not devastating. The earth is endangered becoming an interconnected world, Naturally, some people will ready for the level of regulation that at this point. It is a critical time of and there is an immediate need to react in fear to this vision. They will is required, but they see that there is shift and change in human history. address the global needs of this say it is world tyranny. When there is a need for regulation. They therefore The economic crisis is but one planet. Therefore, on one hand, we a strong ksattriyan society, an old- come up with a regulated theory — problem amid many — the most must encourage the local economic fashioned capitalist will call it of a steady state economy — that is serious being that the earth is being development and, on the other hand, tyranny, or an old-fashioned defective because it assumes that killed. The oceans are dying. The we must encourage global intellectual will call it tyranny. population will be at a stable level land is polluted. Radiation from responsibility and a coordinated Why? — Because such a society and technology will remain as it is nuclear waste is polluting water and global society.

20 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 21 will push for greater steps to be community, to looking out for your of cooperatives, the formation of does not support the individual today. Those two assumptions make air. Water supplies and tables are taken. Necessity demands change, neighbors, to making your community, of economic autonomy, economic progress of the capitalist, this a faulty theory. diminishing. The amount of usable and people come up to the mark or community sustainable living in of local businesses — is dependent and it does not support the individual Of course, we cannot assume water is going down. Global they perish. It is that simple. It is not community, to coming back to on whom you are talking to. If intellectual dominance or religious that population can continue to grow warming and shifts in climate intellectual; it has nothing to do with family and extended community, talking to a small town mayor, talk dominance of the intellectuals. and that there will always be plenty reduce the amount of usable land. beliefs or politics. then people can begin to root about bringing economic autonomy Rather, it supports duty and honor of food to eat. There is truth that There is no regulation in the Need to Change Society’s themselves in something solid, to the community, about developing and collective welfare. The people population can grow out of the human society. People endanger Value Base something simple, something stable small businesses, about developing in dominance in one age are never carrying capacity of the earth, that themselves and their neighbors due In bringing forward PROUT that they can relate to. In this way, a sense of community values, and comfortable with the ascending population can reach a level that is to lack of regulation. And the solutions to the growing economic the values will shift from seeking to about the community becoming as values of the new age. But the unsustainable. The size of the capitalist approach of development problems, we should not focus on have more and more for one’s self to sustainable as possible using rolling of the ages cannot be human population has already only for personal need — not taking local economic autonomy on the one being a part of a functional alternative energies and developing changed except by the annihilation become disproportionate and has into account the larger collective hand, or on establishing a global community — where there is duty to a value base that supports this. To of the world. become blight, killing off many good — this must change and the degree that the community is economic coordinating body on the your neighbors, duty to your society, Humanity’s Future is Bright species, making the earth's oceans change quickly. other hand. We must talk about both. duty to your family, and where the open, you can bring forward the idea die, polluting the earth, and The shift from the capitalist era There are those who want to We must talk about how to establish measure of a successful person is of their having interconnectedness endangering the very planet on through popular revolution to a minimize use of resources and they economic autonomy because in the that they meet those duties well and within a larger global society. But which we live. Yet Mother Nature is ksattriyan era is a very tumultuous right now it is mainly about freeing believe that the earth's carrying global development that economic improve the general welfare of all. very resourceful and she will not time. A significant change of values them from the tyranny of capacity is fixed and finite and that autonomy will become the This is the change from allow this to go on. Through various is occurring, and hung in the balance exploitation by multinational we can therefore only have a fixed prevailing mode. So that must be capitalist values to ksattriyan values. means the human population will go of the changing values is the very corporations. population. There is an assumption encouraged while also encouraging And this is the shift that is now going down — whether by birth control or survival of planet earth and the life People want to be free on a that we have a fixed resource base to the need for a coordinated world on. However, the progressive other means. on it. But the human society will one-by-one personal level from this live on —a certain amount of oil, economy having a neohumanist minded people (the viksubdha The population of northern rally. There will be difficulty, there exploitation. Look at how in the timber, food, etc. intent — that is, being guided by shudras) that are in the forefront of Europeans and of white Americans will be loss of population, but Middle East people want to be free. But is it so? Is there only a spiritual values. making changes, they are not is already going down. Population society will not fall to some They do not like the capitalists, and certain amount of solar energy, a The war that is to be fought is ksattriyans. They don't want a naturally diminishes among people primitive level. People will find their psychology is not of a capitalist certain amount of psychic energy? not with a human enemy. It is with regulated, duty oriented society. with greater technology and a better their way to a coordinated global mentality. They do not want These assumptions are too material the out-of-control mess that has Most of them can’t relate to this. standard of living. But the society with local economic corporate exploitation. They react in their perspective. The assumption been left in the wake of the dying They are rebels; they are against the population of poorer people autonomy. and cling to their fundamentalism, is being made that technology will capitalist era. In the era of capitalist established order. They may reject continues to grow unsustainably. Necessity brings solutions. and the fundamentalists take not progress. But technology will go (vaeshyan) dominance, everything the capitalist values and institutions Why? — Because they retain the Even now, we begin to see the dominance because the people don’t forward. is for personal gain. The dominant and embrace alternative ideals, but belief that by greater numbers of necessity. We see looming these want to be dominated by the Pollution occurs because value of this society is to few have embraced ksattriyan offspring they will have more destructive forces. We see looming capitalists. When instead they can technology has not sufficiently t h i n k : “ H o w c a n I b e c o m e values of social duty. Yet, as they security. This type of thinking is great challenges to the human see a solution that is not capitalist, developed; it is still highly economically secure and safe and settle, as they ground, as they seek to from an older time, and it is society, to living beings, to the that incorporates their religion’s primitive. When it becomes more have a great deal of personal manifest their ideas in community, contributing to the harm of the planet earth. We see economic valuing of family and community, developed, it will not have the wealth?” This approach, this in connection with others, they will planet. troubles. It is a time of turmoil, but and that gives importance to local environmentally destructive fundamental value of personal gain, learn loyalty and duty and many will There needs to be regulation in the future of humanity is bright. economic autonomy, they will jump impacts on the physical plane that it has led to this whole economic mess. become ksattriyans. this society. The population cannot There are those who say that on it. They will jump on these ideas does today. However, more So the need to change the value base be sustained even at today's level. humanity will not survive. But a n d w i l l g i v e u p t h e i r developed technology will be more must be addressed, and it must then Giving People a Pathway to And the population thirty years from Proutists answer that the future of fundamentalism for this approach dangerous. So the society will need be explained what is the beneficial Survival now, if allowed to continue growing humanity is bright. People’s quality because they want to survive. to be more regulated because the impact that this will have. When presenting PROUTist at the present rate, will be of life will get better. Not all will Everyone wants to survive. So, same technology that can create When the dominant value base solutions to people, what you give c o m p l e t e l y u n s u s t a i n a b l e . make it through this transition. emphasizing the development of survival can also kill. of the people shifts to building them — whether it is the formation However, there are controls both in There will be calamities; there will community, family, local economic Without strongly regulated the human society and on the planet be a natural reduction in the human autonomy, and world coordination societies, such technology is highly in general that will prevent this. population. A great transition is based on the welfare of all living dangerous. Already the technology Unfortunately, that preventing occurring; society is coming of age. beings — this is what is to be is at a dangerous stage in the under- of population growth can be quite It is becoming a global society. It is emphasized. regulated society. People are not devastating. The earth is endangered becoming an interconnected world, Naturally, some people will ready for the level of regulation that at this point. It is a critical time of and there is an immediate need to react in fear to this vision. They will is required, but they see that there is shift and change in human history. address the global needs of this say it is world tyranny. When there is a need for regulation. They therefore The economic crisis is but one planet. Therefore, on one hand, we a strong ksattriyan society, an old- come up with a regulated theory — problem amid many — the most must encourage the local economic fashioned capitalist will call it of a steady state economy — that is serious being that the earth is being development and, on the other hand, tyranny, or an old-fashioned defective because it assumes that killed. The oceans are dying. The we must encourage global intellectual will call it tyranny. population will be at a stable level land is polluted. Radiation from responsibility and a coordinated Why? — Because such a society and technology will remain as it is nuclear waste is polluting water and global society.

20 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 21 NEO HUMANISM Principles of Proutist Economics In 1962, the propounder of the new paradigm of social, economic and political liberation, Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, explained the principles of the Proutist Economy as part of a book of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) called Ananda Sutram. A sutra has many meanings and dimensions requiring a vast commentary. Let us briefly look at those sutras that propound the principles of Proutist Economics. Alternative Futures 1 The first sutra reveals: Vaecitryaḿ prákrtadharmah samánaḿ na bhaviśyati. OF [Diversity is the law of Nature, Identity can never exist.]

Absolute identity or sameness is impossible in an ever-changing universe. The principle and NEOHUMANISM ideal of a society based on equality (sama-samaja) emanated since the dawn of humanity. It is what Shrii Sarkar called a cardinal human value that emerges from the confluence of the psychic realm and the realm of Pure Consciousness or Spirit. As per Shrii Sarkar, “human value means nothing but to treat the joys and sorrows, hopes Neohumanism as the pathway to Prout and aspirations of human beings sympathetically, and see them merged in Cosmic Consciousness and established in divine majesty.” So the cardinal human value of a society based on equality is rooted in spirituality and its goal is spirituality. When this quest for equality in all aspects of life is conjoined with an internal quest for union with Consciousness in the core of our “I” feeling by meditation, then the endless diversity of the universe both within The dominant worldview would be technology would be invisible. and without, only enhances the unity. When this spiritual dimension is ignored as in the case of materialist There would not be a separate philosophies, then the quest for equality results in violent attempts to force everyone to wear the same dress, do spiritual—not ascetic or religious but an c o m p u t e r r o o m r a t h e r the same work and think the same thoughts. Diversity becomes a threat and is then ruthlessly exterminated such as understanding that each person had a unique communications technology would in the case of communist dictators like Pol Pot. When the quest for equality is rejected such as in capitalist be ubiquitous. Perhaps there would societies we find ever-increasing disparities such as between rich and poor, educated and uneducated, relationship with a deeper dimension of be webcams in the eco-gardens superpowers and subservient nations. This results in a society, a planetary order based on greed and violence. themselves or the transcendent. helping monitor the organic After having destroyed entire nations, capitalism now threatens life on earth itself. vegetables. Technology would not Ecologically, diversity is what strengthens and preserves a species or an ecosystem. Single cropping in be defining—communication agriculture (monoculture) has led to a great vulnerability to pests and disease. The maintenance of biodiversity is ð Sohail Inayatullah within, between girls and boys, thus vital to the survival of life on this planet. Capitalism which trumpets the rights of each, unique individual, is other educational systems is between students and teachers and destroying countless unique species and ecosystems every year. hat are the futures of measured, if we wish to measure at between students and others around The reasons for this paradox lie in the realm of culture. Empires in history and in the present expand by Neohumanism? In all. One could see the visible signs the world would be far more destroying local cultures and imposing their own culture. However this violence destroys the power of the old Wan earlier essay, I o f n e o h u m a n i s m a t important. Calm dynamism might values of the imperialist nation and this leads to cynicism, corruption and civilizational collapse. This is what is asked: Is neohumanist education a schools—instead of a national flag best describe the school. happening today with the spread of American corporate pseudo-culture. Culturally there is the highest value in plausible future? While this essay there may be a Gaian flag or a flag The dominant worldview cultural blendings and synthesis that lead to the emergence of universal sentiments. However it is clear that the explores the alternative futures of would not even need to be at the would be spiritual—not ascetic or most subtle, benevolent and sublime aspect of a culture that are the most precious aspect of its cultural legacy are Neohumanism, it notes that the school entrance — as education religious but an understanding that also the most difficult to translate, duplicate and assimilate. The preservation of cultural diversity is essential thus weights of past and present are would not be about identities that each person had a unique to preserve and foster genuine civilization on this planet. Furthermore to destroy such beautiful expressions of certainly stacked against an could be so easily captured. relationship with a deeper culture (such as in the case of the bombing of the ancient Shiva temple complex in My Son in the Vietnam War and alternative future that challenges the At the systemic level, the dimension of themselves or the in the looting of museums in Baghdad) is the most heinous forms of violence because it destroys the sentimental status quo of student preparation for school would be electronically transcendent. The spiritual self, heritage and the vital essence [prana dharma] of an entire community or country. global competitive capitalism or linked to other schools; however, the however, would not be domineering In the realm of economics, diversity is crucial. Imbalanced economies such as over-industrialized Japan are national economic development and forced to import agricultural product and hence are naturally prone to exploit the donor countries so as to identity creation. Indeed, that minimize the losses. Similarly countries focused on the extraction of natural resources and on agriculture become education can successfully prepare helpless slaves of the industrialized countries and are forced to accept foreign products which prevent local students for any future other than the economic development. In addition these countries are forced to use Genetically Modified Crops at high prices conservatism and standardization of which results in dangers to health and farmer suicides due to the high cost of seeds, fertilizer and pesticides. the feudal and industrial templates Diversity in every form of industry, agriculture, natural resource extraction must be preserved along with the remains questionable. biodiversity of forests, mountains and rivers impacted by these activities. For example many indigenous peoples Profound change (adivasis) have unique forms of agriculture, unique forms of food and medicine that can enrich global society. The first and most hopeful This is destroyed by the monoculture of capitalist exploitation. Preserving economic diversity requires local- future is a profound paradigm level economic planning and control or in other words economic freedom of communities from government and change that leads to neohumanism corporate control and enslavement. Ultimately, this results in the formation or eco-cultural regions or samajas becoming the norm. Neohumanist based on economic democracy out of a freedom struggle against economic tyranny of capitalist or state capitalist education would thus become (communist) rule. desired — the yardstick by which

22 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 23 NEO HUMANISM Principles of Proutist Economics In 1962, the propounder of the new paradigm of social, economic and political liberation, Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, explained the principles of the Proutist Economy as part of a book of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) called Ananda Sutram. A sutra has many meanings and dimensions requiring a vast commentary. Let us briefly look at those sutras that propound the principles of Proutist Economics. Alternative Futures 1 The first sutra reveals: Vaecitryaḿ prákrtadharmah samánaḿ na bhaviśyati. OF [Diversity is the law of Nature, Identity can never exist.]

22 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 23 but guiding the other selves within global capitalism. Neohumanist for example). Moreover, they Focused on values that predict "If you put the U.S. federal government each person’s gestalt. There may be education is a niche for the different challenge the national religion, be it future actions, Paul Ray and Sherry in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five morning meditations or prayers or (intentional spiritual communities, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or … Anderson have noticed a shift away perhaps just silent time for those desiring a different softer Alternative education is seen as from traditional values (socially and years there'd be a shortage of sand." reflection. Yoga, tai-chi, martial world). It is expensive and only the dangerous. Funding is not denied religious conservative) going from - Milton Friedman, Nobel prize winning economist arts would likely be part of the select few can manage it. Capitalism but systemic blocks are created so 50% in the 1960s to less than 25% school as well. As would continues but there are pockets of that funding is nearly impossible. now2. They argue that their – the sports—sports may be traditional different measurement regimes Marginalized traditional - ferocity in public debate of every kind of information through suddenly from being marginal to but generally they would be far less including Triple Bottom line (profit, A n o t h e r f u t u r e i s is based on the loss of numbers. all the media, and are more centre stage. competitive, games designed that s o c i a l i n c l u s i o n a n d marginalization wherein funding is Moderns – those focused on discriminating about it as a result. PROUT POLICY produced individual and collective environmentalism). An example of allowed as long as alternative personal success and financial gain Many successfully blend their partnership and excellence. The change in this direction is the new schools, schooling and education – have moved from around 50% to personal experience with new views Neohumanism is the jewel in body, mind and spirit of each person measurement of universities by the stay restricted to a few elite schools. around 40%. Health challenges – about how the world works, and Prout’s vision of an alternative 1 would be the focus. University of Indonesia . These As part of the general debate on the climate change, in particular – why—their new values and future. However, the focus on Prout The underlying myth of the measurements focus on how nature of identity, nature of diet and account for this loss of numbers. c o m m i t m e n t s h a v e r a t h e r politics and strategy is to ensure that school would be a garden of many sustainable and environmentally n a t u r e o f t h e g o o d l i f e , The group gaining momentum organically grown out of their neohumanism becomes a practice. individual cultures—with teachers friendly a University is, instead of neohumanism does not make is the cultural creatives, who have synthesis of all the information.” What this means is that in the as part of the garden, their merely research publications, grants inroads. Neohumanism, as a broader gone from a few percent in the 1970s And: two key dimensions of conditions of chaos and fear, instead educational practices perhaps received or student satisfaction. vision of the planet stays idealistic, to the mid twenties in the 1990s to values are more important to of a politics of blaming the other, analogous to nutrients, perhaps to Universiti Sains Malaysia goes an ethos people discuss in e- over 40% by 2008 in the USA. Cultural Creatives than to others: (1) Prout stays focused on universalism 3 – that everyone is a citizen of the water. Parents too would be part of further and measures sustainability communities but know full well that Writes Ray : “Their [cultural having green and socially planet. Cheap slogans and politics this garden, as supporters not slayers and the percent of research that goes it is impossible. It also remains creatives] most important values responsible values, and (2) personal of innovation. The world economy to the bottom billion of the world’s marginalized as neohumanist against any particular group, would be far more cooperative population. The process of change is however, convenient, must be practitioners themselves do not Year Cultural Creatives Moderns Traditionals Total (leaving out the middle man) and far slow and painful but overtime m a k e t h e t r a n s i t i o n t o avoided. It is worth remembering: There less corporatist or state economy neohumanist education filters neohumanism. While oneself may 1995 24.0% 47.0% 29.0% 100% run. Productivity would flourish as through to public schools and to the become neohumanist, other is no road to Prout; prout in itself is individuals would be true general public. subpersonalities may remain feudal, 1999 27.0% 48.0% 25.0% 100% the road. In terms of strategy, to avoid the backlash scenario, the stakeholders. The Ministry of Backlash sexist or racist, hidden in the 2008 44.9% 39.7% 15.4% 100% Education would only be one node. A third future is where unconscious until a stressful event focus of Prout, neohumanism and Niche elite school neohumanistic type schools occurs. Students and others seeing neohumanist education needs to include: ecological sustainability A second future more aligned (Steiner, Montessori, Ananda the newly risen snake of nationalism development values, including frame global and local policy and concern for the planet (not just with the present is wherein Marga, for example) are considered (or other isms) may give up hope spirituality and new lifestyles debates within its own terms and environmentalism); liking what is neohumanist education becomes a d e t r i m e n t a l t o n a t i o n a l and believe that neohumanism and H a r d i n T i b b s i n h i s vision of the future. This means foreign and exotic in other cultures; interpretation of Ray’s data suggests pedagogy that remains focused on n iWilliac h em Blas ykset 175e m7-182. P7a r t i c u l a r development. They are seen as n e o h u m a n i s t e d u c a t i o n i s what are often called ‘women’s communities prefer this type of promoting values that create a fifth impossible. Realism remains that there could be a shift in values vistara, the expansion of the mind, issues’ by politicians and the media education, but generally, the state column, that do not train young boys defining; after all it is power that by around 2020 as cultural creatives instead of pedagogy that is nation- (i.e., concern about the condition of and national levels focus more on and girls (but especially boys) for matters most! become the majority in certain parts state focused or uses the categories women and children both at home 5 broader secular (or religious) the tough world of capitalism and of the world . of the nation-state (ie China, India, WHICH FUTURE? and around the world, concern for education. Education continues even the tougher world of a planet in If Ray and others are correct, Pakistan and the realist politics of Which future then is likely? better health care and education, business as usual activities in strife (terrorism, ecological wars then this demographic shift could Machiavelli or Kautilya). Instead of Indeed, is neohumanism plausible? desire to rebuild neighbourhoods support of the nation–state and and catastrophes, China-USA wars, lead to a politics wherein the fear of the other, of the unknown, Answering this question depends on and community, desire to improve neohumanism education moves neohumanism reminds us that we at least two factors. First, caring relationships and family life); practitioners need to move from the social conscience, a demand for idealism of neohumanism to the day authenticity in social life and a to day practice of neohumanism. guarded social optimism; and giving This requires inner reflection, an importance to altruism, self- engagement with our multiple actualization and spirituality as a selves. And second there needs to be single complex of values.” a worldview transition from feudal- Also important is their link to i n d u s t r i a l i s m t o G a i a n new technologies: Writes Ray4, sustainability. Fortunately, there is “The other major influence on their some data that suggests that the growth has been the growing profound change scenario is information saturation of the world possible, at least in parts of the world since the 1950s. In fact the Cultural especially the USA, Northern Creatives are simply the best Europe, Japan and Australia. informed people. They take in more

24 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 25 but guiding the other selves within global capitalism. Neohumanist for example). Moreover, they Focused on values that predict "If you put the U.S. federal government each person’s gestalt. There may be education is a niche for the different challenge the national religion, be it future actions, Paul Ray and Sherry in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five morning meditations or prayers or (intentional spiritual communities, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or … Anderson have noticed a shift away perhaps just silent time for those desiring a different softer Alternative education is seen as from traditional values (socially and years there'd be a shortage of sand." reflection. Yoga, tai-chi, martial world). It is expensive and only the dangerous. Funding is not denied religious conservative) going from - Milton Friedman, Nobel prize winning economist arts would likely be part of the select few can manage it. Capitalism but systemic blocks are created so 50% in the 1960s to less than 25% school as well. As would continues but there are pockets of that funding is nearly impossible. now2. They argue that their – the sports—sports may be traditional different measurement regimes Marginalized traditional - ferocity in public debate of every kind of information through suddenly from being marginal to but generally they would be far less including Triple Bottom line (profit, A n o t h e r f u t u r e i s is based on the loss of numbers. all the media, and are more centre stage. competitive, games designed that s o c i a l i n c l u s i o n a n d marginalization wherein funding is Moderns – those focused on discriminating about it as a result. PROUT POLICY produced individual and collective environmentalism). An example of allowed as long as alternative personal success and financial gain Many successfully blend their partnership and excellence. The change in this direction is the new schools, schooling and education – have moved from around 50% to personal experience with new views Neohumanism is the jewel in body, mind and spirit of each person measurement of universities by the stay restricted to a few elite schools. around 40%. Health challenges – about how the world works, and Prout’s vision of an alternative 1 would be the focus. University of Indonesia . These As part of the general debate on the climate change, in particular – why—their new values and future. However, the focus on Prout The underlying myth of the measurements focus on how nature of identity, nature of diet and account for this loss of numbers. c o m m i t m e n t s h a v e r a t h e r politics and strategy is to ensure that school would be a garden of many sustainable and environmentally n a t u r e o f t h e g o o d l i f e , The group gaining momentum organically grown out of their neohumanism becomes a practice. individual cultures—with teachers friendly a University is, instead of neohumanism does not make is the cultural creatives, who have synthesis of all the information.” What this means is that in the as part of the garden, their merely research publications, grants inroads. Neohumanism, as a broader gone from a few percent in the 1970s And: two key dimensions of conditions of chaos and fear, instead educational practices perhaps received or student satisfaction. vision of the planet stays idealistic, to the mid twenties in the 1990s to values are more important to of a politics of blaming the other, analogous to nutrients, perhaps to Universiti Sains Malaysia goes an ethos people discuss in e- over 40% by 2008 in the USA. Cultural Creatives than to others: (1) Prout stays focused on universalism 3 – that everyone is a citizen of the water. Parents too would be part of further and measures sustainability communities but know full well that Writes Ray : “Their [cultural having green and socially planet. Cheap slogans and politics this garden, as supporters not slayers and the percent of research that goes it is impossible. It also remains creatives] most important values responsible values, and (2) personal of innovation. The world economy to the bottom billion of the world’s marginalized as neohumanist against any particular group, would be far more cooperative population. The process of change is however, convenient, must be practitioners themselves do not Year Cultural Creatives Moderns Traditionals Total (leaving out the middle man) and far slow and painful but overtime m a k e t h e t r a n s i t i o n t o avoided. It is worth remembering: There less corporatist or state economy neohumanist education filters neohumanism. While oneself may 1995 24.0% 47.0% 29.0% 100% run. Productivity would flourish as through to public schools and to the become neohumanist, other is no road to Prout; prout in itself is individuals would be true general public. subpersonalities may remain feudal, 1999 27.0% 48.0% 25.0% 100% the road. In terms of strategy, to avoid the backlash scenario, the stakeholders. The Ministry of Backlash sexist or racist, hidden in the 2008 44.9% 39.7% 15.4% 100% Education would only be one node. A third future is where unconscious until a stressful event focus of Prout, neohumanism and Niche elite school neohumanistic type schools occurs. Students and others seeing neohumanist education needs to include: ecological sustainability A second future more aligned (Steiner, Montessori, Ananda the newly risen snake of nationalism development values, including frame global and local policy and concern for the planet (not just with the present is wherein Marga, for example) are considered (or other isms) may give up hope spirituality and new lifestyles debates within its own terms and environmentalism); liking what is neohumanist education becomes a d e t r i m e n t a l t o n a t i o n a l and believe that neohumanism and H a r d i n T i b b s i n h i s vision of the future. This means foreign and exotic in other cultures; interpretation of Ray’s data suggests pedagogy that remains focused on nWilliai c h em Blas ykse t175e m7-182. P7 a r t i c u l a r development. They are seen as n e o h u m a n i s t e d u c a t i o n i s what are often called ‘women’s communities prefer this type of promoting values that create a fifth impossible. Realism remains that there could be a shift in values vistara, the expansion of the mind, issues’ by politicians and the media education, but generally, the state column, that do not train young boys defining; after all it is power that by around 2020 as cultural creatives instead of pedagogy that is nation- (i.e., concern about the condition of and national levels focus more on and girls (but especially boys) for matters most! become the majority in certain parts state focused or uses the categories women and children both at home 5 broader secular (or religious) the tough world of capitalism and of the world . of the nation-state (ie China, India, WHICH FUTURE? and around the world, concern for education. Education continues even the tougher world of a planet in If Ray and others are correct, Pakistan and the realist politics of Which future then is likely? better health care and education, business as usual activities in strife (terrorism, ecological wars then this demographic shift could Machiavelli or Kautilya). Instead of Indeed, is neohumanism plausible? desire to rebuild neighbourhoods support of the nation–state and and catastrophes, China-USA wars, lead to a politics wherein the fear of the other, of the unknown, Answering this question depends on and community, desire to improve neohumanism education moves neohumanism reminds us that we at least two factors. First, caring relationships and family life); practitioners need to move from the social conscience, a demand for idealism of neohumanism to the day authenticity in social life and a to day practice of neohumanism. guarded social optimism; and giving This requires inner reflection, an importance to altruism, self- engagement with our multiple actualization and spirituality as a selves. And second there needs to be single complex of values.” a worldview transition from feudal- Also important is their link to i n d u s t r i a l i s m t o G a i a n new technologies: Writes Ray4, sustainability. Fortunately, there is “The other major influence on their some data that suggests that the growth has been the growing profound change scenario is information saturation of the world possible, at least in parts of the world since the 1950s. In fact the Cultural especially the USA, Northern Creatives are simply the best Europe, Japan and Australia. informed people. They take in more

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Paul Ray & Sherry Anderson, The T journey toward self-realization and economic approach will lead to O Cultural Creatives, New York, Three We will focus on one of the most crucial issues facing India today collective economic and social social problems and the minds will Rivers Press, 2000. R prosperity. shrink – vistara in reverse. 3. Ray, p. 7. – the question of the desperate thirst of exploited regions of India Y Practically, this means in terms The way out for Prout is to 4. Ray, p. 8 for political independence in the form of a separate state. The of transition Prout needs to message think and act globally and locally, 5. Hardin Tibbs, “Changing universalism and at the same time spiritually and realistically. Cultural Values and the Transition to agreement of the Central government to create the state of l o c a l i s m . I f i t i s o v e r l y Or : glo-cally!. Sustainability,” Journal of Futures Telangana has made this issue the crucial issue facing India today. universalistic, then local people will Studies (February-March), 2011. Reference not identify. They will fear that jobs The writer is Professor, 1. http://greenmetric.ui.ac.id/ will disappear to migrants and that news/archive/21. Accessed 27 January Graduate Institute of Futures Prout is not in touch with the day-to- 2011 Studies, Tamkang University and day realities of the world. However, 2. Paul Ray, The Cultural Centre for Policing, Intelligence and if Prout policies are overly localistic, Creatives: The Potential for a New, Counter-terrorism, Macquarie then even if local economies are Emerging Culture in the U.S, 200, 8 University, Australia Re-envisioning India Towards a New Reorganization of States

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Introduction of exploitation. As a result or social contract. The Supreme A Constitution arises in capitalists propagated the idea of Court may proclaim that the policy traditional Western thought as the political freedom which also in Chattisgarh of creating basis for a social contract between a enabled them to gain popular paramilitaries (that terrorize the people and their government. This support. The idea of economic local people) is an illegal act but idea of basing society on a contract freedom was carefully swept under they will be coolly ignored. The is fundamentally a form of capitalist the carpet. courts may condemn a corporation psychology. It is no coincidence that In practical political life from exploiting an area but the the rise of Constitutions was governments have regularly corporation will openly flout the paralleled by the rise of capitalism. v i o l a t e d t h e i r c o n t r a c t o r court order. Capitalists wanted a contract with C o n s t i t u t i o n . S i n c e t h e When the people protest such the government that would protect liberalization of the Indian economy violations of the Constitution and their rights to keep and accumulate we see how the Central and State the social contract, they are bribed, more money and wealth. Capitalism governments have been openly terrorized or killed. Since 9/11 we thrives on the free exchange of ideas violating the norms and values of the see worldwide how governments are which enables capitalism to quickly Indian constitution. However there laying the legal foundations for a find out new modes and new arenas is no one to enforce the Constitution dictatorship – often in direct violation of the values of their Constitutions or social contract. So clearly Indians need to no longer bow before the Constitution as a scripture but rather to discuss how to make the Constitution serve the Indian people rather than allowing the Indian people to become enslaved to corporations and mafias by their politicians’ immoral use of the Constitution. If the Constitution cannot fulfill the needs of the Indian people then there needs to be a national conversation to create the

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26 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 27 consensus for a new constitution. Ranjan Sarkar, warned that unless a innate divinity of every person, and government offices need to be At present the Western national proper sentimental and ideological animal, plant and even inanimate set on fire? Why is there the need for order is in a state of breakdown as foundation was created, India faced objects. This mystical humanism or endless bandhs? Cannot India find a first globalization, then the Global disintegration. G. Aloysius in his bhakti manavata or insani sofiani more civilized way of creating a War on Terror and now the Global book Nationalism Without a Nation uses the power of divine love to fight state? Why is it, that lawless himsa is E c o n o m i c D e p r e s s i o n h a s has documented the fact that India debasing, toxic forces like caste, the only way in which exploited undermined the independence of was created by liberal and extremist communal, class sentiments. This people can obtain a separate state? nations. This is why people like Hindu nationalism but no genuine mystical humanism that is to guide Why is it that the Indian government Tony Blair talk of being in a Post- Indian nation actually existed. Since our new Constitution can be defined and intelligentsia never change this Westphalian era. After the brutal then we have seen endless revolts as the “blazing tenderness of infinite himsa culture? Thirty Years War, a consensus against the autocracy of the Indian justice”. For we want justice for We can see for example in evolved in Western Europe about Central Government which each and every created being in each Canada, when the rights of the how nations should function. This continued to function with the same and every sphere of life from the French-speaking people in Quebec consensus evolved over time and institutional culture and psychology basic economic necessities for were repressed, terrorist activities was forcibly imposed in Asia and of the British era. Some of these survival, to education, to the right began. However when the terrorism Africa on countries newly emerging revolts have been to create new for the economic svaraj of local was crushed, the Canadian people from direct colonialism. states and other has been to gain people over their own homeland, to matured. This is why on two We can note that this European independence from the Delhi regime the right of every language in India occasions, the people of Quebec political order originated out of a that masquerades as the government to survival and development in the have held a vote on whether they consensus amongst the various of the Indian people. We can start form of education and media (radio, should leave Canada and form a nations of Europe, however in India the dialogue about what India newspapers, etc) in that language. separate nation. Can we imagine this this order was simply imposed as should be by noting the traditional When we start thinking about kind of civilized behaviour India’s ruling elites had no interest in term in India for politics – rajniiti. politics and the Constitution in this happening in India – even when it creating any form of national Traditionally in Indian history manner, we can realize we need to comes to forming a new state let dialogue or consensus. Like the this has simply meant that the develop a completely new alone when a state wants to leave the British their goal was to create a morality(niiti) and values of the king Constitution and political order in country? strong Central Government to (raja) became the values of the India. From the above we realize the What is the root of this crisis? forcefully control the Indian people. society. We see the same political need to involve every Indian in a The root of the crisis is that firstly One key difference between Indian culture in India today. Each political national conversation while at the the organization of the states has and Western ideas is that in the West party imposes their values on the rest same time safeguarding the rights of been carried out in complete it is the political sphere that of society and the people are forced our animal and plant relatives and ignorance of the economic problems dominates the society. to accept it. We need an alternate the very Earth of India itself. a n d p o t e n t i a l e c o n o m i c reality of Indian culture. The various state? Already there are provisions In her book Notions of vision then of what is rajniiti. Roots of the Crisis of States development of various regions, sub socialist and communist theories in to protect the rights of tribals in Nationhood in Bengal: Perspectives Niiti means morality and its This is a vast enterprise and so regions and communities of the India are also based on a similar Northeast India and such rights can on Samaj, c. 1867-1905, Swarupa root meaning is that which leads the in this article we will focus on one of nation. Bureaucrats in Delhi ignorance of Indian culture. be extended to other tribal and Gupta documents how the people towards the expansion of the the most crucial issues facing India completely cut off from the practical By contrast Shrii Prabhat ethnic minorities in India. emergence of Bengali and later human spirit in all realms – today – the question of the desperate reality of India’s economic and Ranjan Sarkar created the PROUT Furthermore tribal languages must Indian identity was based on the idea economic, political, cultural, social, thirst of exploited regions of India cultural diversity have brought socio-economic paradigm based on be made official languages of a of “Samaja” or a social and cultural spiritual and so on towards the for political independence in the about the present crisis. a deep knowledge of all the samaja or state and all local matrix rather than a political regime. Infinite. The Raj then should not form of a separate state. The The second root of the crisis is languages and dialects of India. He government officers should be This legacy was lost with the rise in refer to the political ruler or neta. a g r e e m e n t o f t h e C e n t r a l the pervasive ignorance about the furthermore worked for a cultural, required to pass an exam in these India of Western-educated The Raj should refer to the political government to create the state of numerous languages and cultures of economic and social renaissance in local languages. This will give the politicians such as Nehru. So there system of a community. Rajniiti then Telangana has made this issue the the country amongst the bureaucrats these cultures. PROUT builds on the local people employment and social needs to be a new national means a political order that exists to crucial issue facing India today. The and intelligentsia in India. We see Indian idea of “Samaja” and the dignity. conversation in India to decide what establish morality in the society. A ongoing violence in Bodoland and politicians arbitrarily propose states western idea of an ecoregion or an Guatemala which is a small exactly India is, what should be her Constitution then is a guidebook of Vidarbha demands answers. without any detailed knowledge. ecological and economic region. country has created an Academy of political, social, cultural, ecological, the rules, principles and values that a Furthermore the arbitrary nature of One recent example is Mayawati Samaja is the idea of a socio-eco- Indigenous Languages that provides spiritual, economic and moral community has agreed should the process of giving recognition to (following Ambedkar) proposed cultural region. This is a completely education to every Mayan language ideals. This conversation must be govern the political administration. Telangana without a State dividing UP into 3 states including different idea than traditional (some of which have only 200 free from the domination of the The Constitution then is a tool for Reorganization meeting has set a one called Harit Pradesh. In actual Western ideas of how to form a state speakers). There is simply no reason corporate media and political parties the people to establish morality, dangerous precedent as seen in the fact, the so-called Harit Pradesh is or province. why this cannot be done in every as well as communal organizations. equality and justice in their society Congress now instigating the Nepali composed of two cultures. In the The key point of Samaja is that state of India. Without ideals and sentiments based and to create a political order (Gorkha) immigrants in North north there is Harryanvi culture and a state should be economically Finally in introducing the idea on those ideals, there can be no dedicated to the service of everyone Darjeeling District to fight for a in the south is Braja culture. viable. The question arises then of samaja we should note that Shrii nation. – humans, plants and animals. separate state. The entire process of Furthermore Braja culture includes what to do in cases where the rights Sarkar has revealed that in fact due Nearly 60 years ago the great The guiding spirit of such a how Telangana has got freedom is also parts of Rajasthan. Thus we can of minorities are being violated but to its cultural diversity, India is not a trailblazer in linguistics and socio- new Constitution lies in a new barbaric. Why do students need to see that the proposal for Harit their numbers and region is too small nation but rather a collective of economic justice, Shrii Prabhat humanism based on the idea of the set themselves on fire, why do buses Pradesh has no basis in the ground to form an economically viable many nations. So India is like

28 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 29 consensus for a new constitution. Ranjan Sarkar, warned that unless a innate divinity of every person, and government offices need to be At present the Western national proper sentimental and ideological animal, plant and even inanimate set on fire? Why is there the need for order is in a state of breakdown as foundation was created, India faced objects. This mystical humanism or endless bandhs? Cannot India find a first globalization, then the Global disintegration. G. Aloysius in his bhakti manavata or insani sofiani more civilized way of creating a War on Terror and now the Global book Nationalism Without a Nation uses the power of divine love to fight state? Why is it, that lawless himsa is E c o n o m i c D e p r e s s i o n h a s has documented the fact that India debasing, toxic forces like caste, the only way in which exploited undermined the independence of was created by liberal and extremist communal, class sentiments. This people can obtain a separate state? nations. This is why people like Hindu nationalism but no genuine mystical humanism that is to guide Why is it that the Indian government Tony Blair talk of being in a Post- Indian nation actually existed. Since our new Constitution can be defined and intelligentsia never change this Westphalian era. After the brutal then we have seen endless revolts as the “blazing tenderness of infinite himsa culture? Thirty Years War, a consensus against the autocracy of the Indian justice”. For we want justice for We can see for example in evolved in Western Europe about Central Government which each and every created being in each Canada, when the rights of the how nations should function. This continued to function with the same and every sphere of life from the French-speaking people in Quebec consensus evolved over time and institutional culture and psychology basic economic necessities for were repressed, terrorist activities was forcibly imposed in Asia and of the British era. Some of these survival, to education, to the right began. However when the terrorism Africa on countries newly emerging revolts have been to create new for the economic svaraj of local was crushed, the Canadian people from direct colonialism. states and other has been to gain people over their own homeland, to matured. This is why on two We can note that this European independence from the Delhi regime the right of every language in India occasions, the people of Quebec political order originated out of a that masquerades as the government to survival and development in the have held a vote on whether they consensus amongst the various of the Indian people. We can start form of education and media (radio, should leave Canada and form a nations of Europe, however in India the dialogue about what India newspapers, etc) in that language. separate nation. Can we imagine this this order was simply imposed as should be by noting the traditional When we start thinking about kind of civilized behaviour India’s ruling elites had no interest in term in India for politics – rajniiti. politics and the Constitution in this happening in India – even when it creating any form of national Traditionally in Indian history manner, we can realize we need to comes to forming a new state let dialogue or consensus. Like the this has simply meant that the develop a completely new alone when a state wants to leave the British their goal was to create a morality(niiti) and values of the king Constitution and political order in country? strong Central Government to (raja) became the values of the India. From the above we realize the What is the root of this crisis? forcefully control the Indian people. society. We see the same political need to involve every Indian in a The root of the crisis is that firstly One key difference between Indian culture in India today. Each political national conversation while at the the organization of the states has and Western ideas is that in the West party imposes their values on the rest same time safeguarding the rights of been carried out in complete it is the political sphere that of society and the people are forced our animal and plant relatives and ignorance of the economic problems dominates the society. to accept it. We need an alternate the very Earth of India itself. a n d p o t e n t i a l e c o n o m i c reality of Indian culture. The various state? Already there are provisions In her book Notions of vision then of what is rajniiti. Roots of the Crisis of States development of various regions, sub socialist and communist theories in to protect the rights of tribals in Nationhood in Bengal: Perspectives Niiti means morality and its This is a vast enterprise and so regions and communities of the India are also based on a similar Northeast India and such rights can on Samaj, c. 1867-1905, Swarupa root meaning is that which leads the in this article we will focus on one of nation. Bureaucrats in Delhi ignorance of Indian culture. be extended to other tribal and Gupta documents how the people towards the expansion of the the most crucial issues facing India completely cut off from the practical By contrast Shrii Prabhat ethnic minorities in India. emergence of Bengali and later human spirit in all realms – today – the question of the desperate reality of India’s economic and Ranjan Sarkar created the PROUT Furthermore tribal languages must Indian identity was based on the idea economic, political, cultural, social, thirst of exploited regions of India cultural diversity have brought socio-economic paradigm based on be made official languages of a of “Samaja” or a social and cultural spiritual and so on towards the for political independence in the about the present crisis. a deep knowledge of all the samaja or state and all local matrix rather than a political regime. Infinite. The Raj then should not form of a separate state. The The second root of the crisis is languages and dialects of India. He government officers should be This legacy was lost with the rise in refer to the political ruler or neta. a g r e e m e n t o f t h e C e n t r a l the pervasive ignorance about the furthermore worked for a cultural, required to pass an exam in these India of Western-educated The Raj should refer to the political government to create the state of numerous languages and cultures of economic and social renaissance in local languages. This will give the politicians such as Nehru. So there system of a community. Rajniiti then Telangana has made this issue the the country amongst the bureaucrats these cultures. PROUT builds on the local people employment and social needs to be a new national means a political order that exists to crucial issue facing India today. The and intelligentsia in India. We see Indian idea of “Samaja” and the dignity. conversation in India to decide what establish morality in the society. A ongoing violence in Bodoland and politicians arbitrarily propose states western idea of an ecoregion or an Guatemala which is a small exactly India is, what should be her Constitution then is a guidebook of Vidarbha demands answers. without any detailed knowledge. ecological and economic region. country has created an Academy of political, social, cultural, ecological, the rules, principles and values that a Furthermore the arbitrary nature of One recent example is Mayawati Samaja is the idea of a socio-eco- Indigenous Languages that provides spiritual, economic and moral community has agreed should the process of giving recognition to (following Ambedkar) proposed cultural region. This is a completely education to every Mayan language ideals. This conversation must be govern the political administration. Telangana without a State dividing UP into 3 states including different idea than traditional (some of which have only 200 free from the domination of the The Constitution then is a tool for Reorganization meeting has set a one called Harit Pradesh. In actual Western ideas of how to form a state speakers). There is simply no reason corporate media and political parties the people to establish morality, dangerous precedent as seen in the fact, the so-called Harit Pradesh is or province. why this cannot be done in every as well as communal organizations. equality and justice in their society Congress now instigating the Nepali composed of two cultures. In the The key point of Samaja is that state of India. Without ideals and sentiments based and to create a political order (Gorkha) immigrants in North north there is Harryanvi culture and a state should be economically Finally in introducing the idea on those ideals, there can be no dedicated to the service of everyone Darjeeling District to fight for a in the south is Braja culture. viable. The question arises then of samaja we should note that Shrii nation. – humans, plants and animals. separate state. The entire process of Furthermore Braja culture includes what to do in cases where the rights Sarkar has revealed that in fact due Nearly 60 years ago the great The guiding spirit of such a how Telangana has got freedom is also parts of Rajasthan. Thus we can of minorities are being violated but to its cultural diversity, India is not a trailblazer in linguistics and socio- new Constitution lies in a new barbaric. Why do students need to see that the proposal for Harit their numbers and region is too small nation but rather a collective of economic justice, Shrii Prabhat humanism based on the idea of the set themselves on fire, why do buses Pradesh has no basis in the ground to form an economically viable many nations. So India is like

28 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 29 Europe. Every European nation has These kinds of movements for superiority and ethnic animosity. • Can all such present and encouraging protests in hopes of Family) that is the bedrock of its own constitution, largely local political and economic Thus far, the formation of states has future demands be justified and winning elections in the new state. N e o h u m a n i s m o r m y s t i c a l independent economy and its own freedom and sovereignty are vital been due to political exigencies such legitimized, however irrational We see the people in those aspiring humanism discussed earlier. developed language and culture. because the cultural, ecological and as the need of the Congress to win (from the economic standpoint and new states resorting to various forms The Indian people need to Every samaja of India should be economic diversity of India is being the coming elections. This simply the historical standpoint) and ill- of lawlessness, violence and suicide come to a consensus about 1) caring similarly developed. This must be d e s t r o y e d b y t h e m a f i a s , shows the undemocratic nature of conceived they may be? out of frustration. We see various about every community in India, done in such a way that enhances the corporations through their state formation in India. • Should all such demands mafias, corporations, elite castes Pakistan, Bangladesh and the world, unity not just of India but of politicians. This is the real root of the Why should the formation of from such regions, if any, for full trying to find ways to preserve and 2) demonstrating that caring by humanity. current crisis. Understanding the states in the country be at the whims statehood be met or should some expand their power-base. Finally we helping those communities in their Shrii Sarkar gave the mission Past, if we look at the recent states of politicians trying to win alternative arrangements be found to see the Indian people watching all anti-exploitation and cultural svaraj of samaja saying, “The entire that have been created such as elections? When we look at the fulfill the aspirations of the people in this with indifference, bemusement, struggles, 3) taking pride, cherishing humanity must be looked upon as J h a r k h a n d , U t t a r a k h a n d , reasons for the emergence of the terms of economic, social and cynicism and occasional outrage. So and learning about India’s vast one integrated existence – and move Chattisgarh and Telangana we find state listed above however we – who c u l t u r a l d e v e l o p m e n t a n d what must be done? cultural diversity, especially about collectively towards the all-round certain commonalities. are committed to the welfare of the independence? Firstly we need to renounce the the culture of the Adivasis or Adi perfection of human life. All actions • All the states were carved out Indian people – are bound to ask the • Whether and to what extent colonial mentality guiding Bharatiyas, 4) making a firm are bound to confront obstacles. It of large and unwieldy states of following questions : these common factors were discussions of state at present. The commitment not to tolerate the has to be borne in mind that the Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh and • Are there any other such considered when the Central colonial mentality was driven by the exploitation of their local nobler the task, the mightier the Andhra Pradesh r e g i o n s ( e g . V i d a r b h a , Government formed new states in need to keep India united under the community and to launch a non- obstacle. For human emancipation, • These regions had their own Coorg/Kodagu, Konkan, Bhojpur, the past needs to be discussed by the rule of the various political and compromising fight for their local, there is no other way but to march language, their own culture, their Magadha, Laddakh) in the country Indian people. For this historians economic elites that controlled the regional and national economic ahead crushing the towering peaks own historical legacy. which also have similar attributes or and political scientists need to country. Naturally this mentality democracy, 5) to fight for the of obstacles with a benevolent • These regions were poorly conditions as those described explore the history of state first of all leads to the government development of their local language intellect and collective endeavour. g o v e r n e d w i t h v e r y l i t t l e above? formations from ancient times – bending over backwards to fulfill and culture against Bollywood Hence I reiterate, go ahead with development and with their • S h o u l d t h e C e n t r a l before the Mughal era – to the States the demands of the short-term greed pseudo-culture 6) being determined courage and unity. You have to move economic resources being robbed by Government consider and concede Reorganization Commission in of mafias and corporations. The to make India into Bharata Varsha. on ensuring real justice to all members from other cultural their respective demands, if any, for 1956.and the formation of ecological and local economic Bharata Varsha means the land individuals and all geographical communities of these mega-states. the formation of separate states? Telangana to find out: misery caused by this economic where full resources are provided people [i.e. all communities and These outside exploiters used the • If the Central Government 1. Whether the basis/grounds himsa leads to demands for for the physical, intellectual, samajas]”. money from these regions to fund remains addicted to using these /rationale adopted by the 1956 statehood among other forms of e m o t i o n a l a n d s p i r i t u a l We can note that even in the the development of their own issues of injustice and exploitation Commission was justified? resistance and protest. Hence the development of the humans, animals USA (which has hardly any cultural region. as pawns in political games, should 2. Whether the political government tends to view the and plants. diversity compared to India) the • These regions had their own the Indian people simply watch administration of large states, being beautiful diversity of India’s culture, Conclusion states have their own constitutions. unique geographical, agricultural, while languages, ecologies and unwieldy had resulted in poor ecology and economy as a security T h r o u g h t h i s n a t i o n a l There is no reason why the same climatic features that differentiated economies are being destroyed? Do g o v e r n a n c e a n d r a m p a n t threat. conversation and forging of a should not happen in India. The them from other regions. the Indian people have any exploitation? This leads to government national consensus we need to Indian people need to renounce their • These regions had the least responsibility towards exploited 3. Whether the ultimate aim of repression in the name of fighting expand our collective mind and mental and ideological servitude to employment for the local people in people from cultures and languages political administration or terrorism, Maoism, etc. In actual empower our collective heart to take Delhi and its bureaucrats. government jobs except of the Class different than their own? governance to achieve socio- fact throughout the Red Corridor we responsibility not just for every Boaventura de Sousa Santos has IV category. Due to their economic-cultural svaraj and find Naxals, government official community (human, plant or noted the case of a small region in lack of familiarity with the development of the local people has and local economic mafias working animal) of India, nor of this tiny Colombia where the local people state language and the poor been fulfilled? hand in glove to share the loot while planet but of the entire universe. w e r e c a u g h t b e t w e e n t h e quality of the educational 4. Whether such a crucial the people live in terror and poverty. Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar government paramilitaries and the institutions in their region, issue (as to which states should be So unless we renounce the fear of the has called us forth to accept this communist guerillas. The people they also had little chance formed and how should the Indian “other” India (which is rooted in mission saying, “All the beings of there created their own constitution for jobs in the private body-politic be constructed) be left upper-caste fear of the untouchables this universe are the kith and kin of to establish law and order. Then, by sector. to the vested interests of politicians and tribals) we cannot create a new one another. No one is despicable. persuasion, social pressure and • Thus the socio- and the corporations and mafias who India and we will be forced to watch All are equally respectable and media campaigns they forced both economic and cultural fund them? the mindless destruction of India’s entitled to equal love and affection. the government and the communists aspirations of the people of Moving Towards Consensus ecologies, communities and No problem is to be ignored as an to abide by that constitution. This is these regions had been In discussions in the media we diversity. individual or group affair. Every the kind of movement desperately suppressed since the era of see that firstly people looking to the So we need a national problem is to be considered as the needed in the country. Santos calls British rule. Independence Central government to resolve the conversation to form a national collective problem of universal this as a postmodern form of law simply made them slaves issue of the creation of new states. consensus. And this conversation humanity and is to be resolved development where local areas no of the British lackeys who We see also the Central Government must be permeated with the spirit of collectively and resolved it must be. longer remain enslaved by turned out to be even more using countless delaying tactics or sama-samaja (social equality rooted Let it be the vocal panorama of the constitutions created by national exploitative than the repression to avoid discussing the in the spiritual realization of every newer world of today – the elites but create and enforce their British because they had issue of new states. We also see created being as innately a divine continuous musical notes behind the own legal orders. f e e l i n g s o f e t h n i c political parties playing games and creation that is part of our Cosmic movement of Neohumanism”.

30 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 31 Europe. Every European nation has These kinds of movements for superiority and ethnic animosity. • Can all such present and encouraging protests in hopes of Family) that is the bedrock of its own constitution, largely local political and economic Thus far, the formation of states has future demands be justified and winning elections in the new state. N e o h u m a n i s m o r m y s t i c a l independent economy and its own freedom and sovereignty are vital been due to political exigencies such legitimized, however irrational We see the people in those aspiring humanism discussed earlier. developed language and culture. because the cultural, ecological and as the need of the Congress to win (from the economic standpoint and new states resorting to various forms The Indian people need to Every samaja of India should be economic diversity of India is being the coming elections. This simply the historical standpoint) and ill- of lawlessness, violence and suicide come to a consensus about 1) caring similarly developed. This must be d e s t r o y e d b y t h e m a f i a s , shows the undemocratic nature of conceived they may be? out of frustration. We see various about every community in India, done in such a way that enhances the corporations through their state formation in India. • Should all such demands mafias, corporations, elite castes Pakistan, Bangladesh and the world, unity not just of India but of politicians. This is the real root of the Why should the formation of from such regions, if any, for full trying to find ways to preserve and 2) demonstrating that caring by humanity. current crisis. Understanding the states in the country be at the whims statehood be met or should some expand their power-base. Finally we helping those communities in their Shrii Sarkar gave the mission Past, if we look at the recent states of politicians trying to win alternative arrangements be found to see the Indian people watching all anti-exploitation and cultural svaraj of samaja saying, “The entire that have been created such as elections? When we look at the fulfill the aspirations of the people in this with indifference, bemusement, struggles, 3) taking pride, cherishing humanity must be looked upon as J h a r k h a n d , U t t a r a k h a n d , reasons for the emergence of the terms of economic, social and cynicism and occasional outrage. So and learning about India’s vast one integrated existence – and move Chattisgarh and Telangana we find state listed above however we – who c u l t u r a l d e v e l o p m e n t a n d what must be done? cultural diversity, especially about collectively towards the all-round certain commonalities. are committed to the welfare of the independence? Firstly we need to renounce the the culture of the Adivasis or Adi perfection of human life. All actions • All the states were carved out Indian people – are bound to ask the • Whether and to what extent colonial mentality guiding Bharatiyas, 4) making a firm are bound to confront obstacles. It of large and unwieldy states of following questions : these common factors were discussions of state at present. The commitment not to tolerate the has to be borne in mind that the Bihar, UP, Madhya Pradesh and • Are there any other such considered when the Central colonial mentality was driven by the exploitation of their local nobler the task, the mightier the Andhra Pradesh r e g i o n s ( e g . V i d a r b h a , Government formed new states in need to keep India united under the community and to launch a non- obstacle. For human emancipation, • These regions had their own Coorg/Kodagu, Konkan, Bhojpur, the past needs to be discussed by the rule of the various political and compromising fight for their local, there is no other way but to march language, their own culture, their Magadha, Laddakh) in the country Indian people. For this historians economic elites that controlled the regional and national economic ahead crushing the towering peaks own historical legacy. which also have similar attributes or and political scientists need to country. Naturally this mentality democracy, 5) to fight for the of obstacles with a benevolent • These regions were poorly conditions as those described explore the history of state first of all leads to the government development of their local language intellect and collective endeavour. g o v e r n e d w i t h v e r y l i t t l e above? formations from ancient times – bending over backwards to fulfill and culture against Bollywood Hence I reiterate, go ahead with development and with their • S h o u l d t h e C e n t r a l before the Mughal era – to the States the demands of the short-term greed pseudo-culture 6) being determined courage and unity. You have to move economic resources being robbed by Government consider and concede Reorganization Commission in of mafias and corporations. The to make India into Bharata Varsha. on ensuring real justice to all members from other cultural their respective demands, if any, for 1956.and the formation of ecological and local economic Bharata Varsha means the land individuals and all geographical communities of these mega-states. the formation of separate states? Telangana to find out: misery caused by this economic where full resources are provided people [i.e. all communities and These outside exploiters used the • If the Central Government 1. Whether the basis/grounds himsa leads to demands for for the physical, intellectual, samajas]”. money from these regions to fund remains addicted to using these /rationale adopted by the 1956 statehood among other forms of e m o t i o n a l a n d s p i r i t u a l We can note that even in the the development of their own issues of injustice and exploitation Commission was justified? resistance and protest. Hence the development of the humans, animals USA (which has hardly any cultural region. as pawns in political games, should 2. Whether the political government tends to view the and plants. diversity compared to India) the • These regions had their own the Indian people simply watch administration of large states, being beautiful diversity of India’s culture, Conclusion states have their own constitutions. unique geographical, agricultural, while languages, ecologies and unwieldy had resulted in poor ecology and economy as a security T h r o u g h t h i s n a t i o n a l There is no reason why the same climatic features that differentiated economies are being destroyed? Do g o v e r n a n c e a n d r a m p a n t threat. conversation and forging of a should not happen in India. The them from other regions. the Indian people have any exploitation? This leads to government national consensus we need to Indian people need to renounce their • These regions had the least responsibility towards exploited 3. Whether the ultimate aim of repression in the name of fighting expand our collective mind and mental and ideological servitude to employment for the local people in people from cultures and languages political administration or terrorism, Maoism, etc. In actual empower our collective heart to take Delhi and its bureaucrats. government jobs except of the Class different than their own? governance to achieve socio- fact throughout the Red Corridor we responsibility not just for every Boaventura de Sousa Santos has IV category. Due to their economic-cultural svaraj and find Naxals, government official community (human, plant or noted the case of a small region in lack of familiarity with the development of the local people has and local economic mafias working animal) of India, nor of this tiny Colombia where the local people state language and the poor been fulfilled? hand in glove to share the loot while planet but of the entire universe. w e r e c a u g h t b e t w e e n t h e quality of the educational 4. Whether such a crucial the people live in terror and poverty. Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar government paramilitaries and the institutions in their region, issue (as to which states should be So unless we renounce the fear of the has called us forth to accept this communist guerillas. The people they also had little chance formed and how should the Indian “other” India (which is rooted in mission saying, “All the beings of there created their own constitution for jobs in the private body-politic be constructed) be left upper-caste fear of the untouchables this universe are the kith and kin of to establish law and order. Then, by sector. to the vested interests of politicians and tribals) we cannot create a new one another. No one is despicable. persuasion, social pressure and • Thus the socio- and the corporations and mafias who India and we will be forced to watch All are equally respectable and media campaigns they forced both economic and cultural fund them? the mindless destruction of India’s entitled to equal love and affection. the government and the communists aspirations of the people of Moving Towards Consensus ecologies, communities and No problem is to be ignored as an to abide by that constitution. This is these regions had been In discussions in the media we diversity. individual or group affair. Every the kind of movement desperately suppressed since the era of see that firstly people looking to the So we need a national problem is to be considered as the needed in the country. Santos calls British rule. Independence Central government to resolve the conversation to form a national collective problem of universal this as a postmodern form of law simply made them slaves issue of the creation of new states. consensus. And this conversation humanity and is to be resolved development where local areas no of the British lackeys who We see also the Central Government must be permeated with the spirit of collectively and resolved it must be. longer remain enslaved by turned out to be even more using countless delaying tactics or sama-samaja (social equality rooted Let it be the vocal panorama of the constitutions created by national exploitative than the repression to avoid discussing the in the spiritual realization of every newer world of today – the elites but create and enforce their British because they had issue of new states. We also see created being as innately a divine continuous musical notes behind the own legal orders. f e e l i n g s o f e t h n i c political parties playing games and creation that is part of our Cosmic movement of Neohumanism”.

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Increase in material and intellectual development without the increase in spiritual development and in the wisdom and selfless love that arises from spiritual development leads to social disruption, degeneration and destruction.

The Fall of the American Empire and The Rise of a New Economy

Contd. from previous issue ð Garda Ghista

II. Proof of Collapse the land and poison the waters. We and will gradually cause thousands For the last decade, and have all the indicators today of more deaths of civilians who will particularly in the last four years, it mounting ecological devastation. never know what hit them. This is has become a given that America is More than 15,000 species are again in the name of capitalist profit indeed an empire. And today, it is threatened with extinction. Global – the horrific drive on the part of becoming clear that this empire is warming is occurring far faster than American corporations to take over beginning to teeter on the brink of atmospheric scientists ever Iraq – to get their oil, to patent their collapse – although we have to study imagined, due directly to carbon indigenous seeds, to steal their gold, a little harder to see the signs and dioxide emissions of factories silver and other minerals. In other c o n n e c t t h e d o t s . T h e owned by greedy capitalists who do words, due to the insatiable greed of William Blake 1757-1827 neoconservatives (neocons) who not care what happens to the capitalists, of corporate owners, the Economic Meltdown military unilateralism, they fail to world produces and the US today walk the White House environment or whether there is earth is being destroyed. We are Today the US is devoting more see the collateral damage it is consumes. US manufacturing at the corridors are in love with their global climate change later on. They losing our ecological equipoise. and more of its manufacturing assets causing to international trade. end of 2004 was a mere 13 percent of empire. They will not hear of its care about today, and about today’s Without ecological equipoise, t o a r m s a n d m u n i t i o n s . International trade depends upon GDP. Presently US has a $630 collapse. They will not see the signs profits. So in the name of human beings will not be able to Simultaneously it is becoming mutually beneficial relationships billion trade deficit with the rest of or connect the dots. But the collapse exploitation for capitalist profit, we sustain themselves. increasingly dependent on foreign between people in order to function the world. In order to pay for that will affect not just the rest of the have widespread slaughter of forests A Department of Defense imports for the basic necessities nicely. By adopting a stance of deficit, an inflow of cash is required world – it is going to affect the around the world. We have pollution report in 2004 predicts abrupt required by its citizens. In 2002 the unilateral military imperialism, to the tune of $1 billion every day. American people in ways they of freshwater resources – which climate changes within the next ten US had a record trade deficit of other countries are not happy, and This is not happening. And this kind cannot begin to imagine. comprise just two percent of the years leading to ‘catastrophic’ water $435.2 billion, and a near zero they are showing this displeasure by of excess is simply not sustainable Environmental Degradation earth’s total water – it is a very small shortages, wars over fast dwindling savings rate. As William Greider deciding not to invest in American over the long run. In addition the US According to Kirkpatrick Sale, amount to nourish 6 billion people. water and energy resources. In says, the US government, instead of goods and services. They are taking has a $500 billion Federal budget it is in the nature of all empires to In America’s new wars addition there is vast erosion of top facing its debts in a rational manner, their business elsewhere – to China, deficit as part of a total national debt collapse one day. He provides four (Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq) we soils and beaches, overfishing, continues to lecture its debtors with for example. So while globalization of $7.4 trillion as of Fall 2004. Then i n d i c a t o r s . T h e f i r s t i s have depleted uranium dust being global deforestation, freshwater and full arrogance and pomposity. He has been devastating for the poor there is the military cost of one war environmental degradation. used in a reckless, devil-may-care aquifer depletion, soil salinization, says that “… American leadership and neglected humanity, the new after the other – first Afghanistan, Empires invariably die because they manner in such large amounts that it depletion of oil and minerals, has … become increasingly A m e r i c a n m i l i t a r i s m a n d then Iraq and soon Iran. It is costing have completely destroyed their is already killing not just the so- melting ice caps and glaciers and delusional … I mean that literally – imperialism will conceivably usher more than $530 billion annually, environment – the land, the waters, called ‘enemy combatants’ but also rising sea levels, which threaten to and blind to the adverse balance of in a far worse scenario, affecting without counting billions spent in and the very air they breathe. In their American soldiers by the thousands. inundate New York, Boston, New power accumulating against it.” (17) first and third world countries alike. covert operations never recorded by ruthless desire to conquer and The dust is being picked up and Orleans and many other coastal What Bush and cohorts fail to realize The US economy is built on a the Department of Defense. These control, to make money, they ravage carried by winds around the world, cities around the globe. is that if they only want to engage in very fragile system wherein the figures are also not sustainable. The

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The Fall of the American Empire and The Rise of a New Economy

Contd. from previous issue ð Garda Ghista

32 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 33 dollar has lost value everywhere. entering the WTO, China’s David Walker. Walker was the deficit of $427 billion is expected. billion from China, $140 billion foment a coup or revolution. If that Since 2000 it has lost nearly 40 influence on the global economy has Comptroller General of the United These numbers still do not capture from super-saver Japan, and tens of doesn’t work, they perform percent value against the Euro, and become crucial. States. He is an accountant, and he is the real financial hole that the billions from many other countries assassinations. Or try to. In the case countries are beginning to raise their China’s growth rate is the head auditor for the most country is in. The Middle East wars around the world. For how many of Iraq, they weren’t able to get eyebrows. If the dollar value welcomed. However, the US and powerful government in the world. will require another $80 billion. years now has the IMF been lending through to Saddam Hussein. He had declines much further, it will be Japan fear the now obvious shifting According to Maich, Walker Social Security revamping will cost money to third world countries – – his bodyguards were too good. He more than raised eyebrows, as one of power from west to east, and was trying hard to get a message out $2 trillion if implemented. more than they could possibly afford had doubles…. So the third line of by one countries shift their financial specifically from the US to China. to anyone who will listen. He says Our government has reneged to repay – and then simply take over defense is our young men and operations to the Euro. According to Because of this fear, the US as well that the US public finances are in a and defaulted on nearly 40 percent their economies? As John Perkins women, who are sent in to die and Kirkpatrick Sale, China may well let as Japan take every opportunity to shambles, and getting worse. If of its trillion-dollar foreign debt, and writes in his book Confessions of an kill, which is what we’ve obviously the yuan float against the dollar, insult and upset China, particularly something is not done soon, the nobody in America seems to mind! Economic Hit Man: done in Iraq.” (23) which will render the US bankrupt with regard to the status of Taiwan. world is going to face an “economic The value of the dollar is down now “Our job is to build up the Military Overstretch and powerless to control its own As William Greider noted: “Any shakeup unlike anything ever seen nearly 40 percent – from 80 cents to American empire… to create Earlier we talked about how economic life, let alone foreign profligate debtor who insults his before.”(21) Walker mentions the $43- the euro to 133 cents today. It is quite situations where as many resources the American empire is represented economies. banker is unwise, to put it mildly.” (19) trillion hole in America’s public likely that the dollar will hit rock as possible flow into this country, to by bases all over the globe. China is complicating (US- For example, if China gets tired of finances that’s increasing daily. He bottom – zip in value. The same our corporations, and our However, they are only bases. They d o m i n a t e d ) g l o b a l i z a t i o n . Bush-bullying and decides to shift says that Americans have no idea scenario happened in the 1930s. government and in fact we’ve been are not occupying armies that can Globalization is supposed to benefit some or all of its foreign exchange what they’re in for economically Because China and other East Asian very successful. We’ve built the conquer the country in question. The the US and other western, white- from the dollar to the euro, this because they were born into relative countries have their money pegged largest empire in the history of the reality is that the US army is not able skinned people. But China is on the would produce “the mother of all affluence and have never known to the dollar, so as the dollar slides in world… primarily through to conquer even one nation – Iraq – economic rise as well. China and financial crises,” and the US would hard times. This is why the people value, those countries are also losing economic manipulation, through despite all its high-tech military other countries around the world are crash overnight, practically. are not believing him and not a lot of money. The question is when cheating, through fraud; through equipment and long-distance tired now of American arrogance, Meanwhile, it is exciting to listening to him. Walker says that the will they get fed up and pull out of seducing people into our way of weapons systems. r a c i s m , c o l o n i a l i s m a n d note the new bonds of trade taking present American lifestyles have the dollar – begin dumping the life… my real job was deal-making. The US government, in its imperialism. Countries are place between China and Latin been bought on credit, and very soon dollars they have? It was giving loans to other arrogance, had no idea of the w e l c o m i n g C h i n e s e t r a d e American countries, as well as Iran. people will have to pay up, and there China is giving away hundreds countries, huge loans, much bigger mindset of the Arab people. The negotiations with open arms. At China is beginning to replace the US will be drastic consequences if they of billions of dollars worth of real than they could possibly repay…. Arabs will never lie down and say, present China, Japan and US are the as the major trading partner for these do not. Those consequences will goods produced in China and Let’s say [to] Indonesia or Ecuador – please stomp on us, please occupy three most productive economies on countries, leading to a situation of spill beyond American borders over consumed by the US, and receives and this country would then have to our country, and please help the earth. But China is by far the multipolarity – the preference for to Canada, which is so tightly paper dollar bills, then turns around give 90% of that loan back to a US yourselves to our oil. No, even if fastest growing, with an average rate different, competing power centers interwoven with the US in terms of and buys American Treasury bills – company, or US companies… a they have to fight with their sandals of 9.5 percent annually over the past rather than the ‘unipolarity’ of the trade. No region or industry would more worthless money! The US Halliburton or a Bechtel … a and their bare fists, the Arabs will two decades. In contrast, both US US as a single superpower. be untouched by the financial shock government has a domestic debt that country today like Ecuador owes never allow themselves to be and Japan are riddled with heavy and Multipolarity is no longer a goal for Walker expects to occur in America. is nearly 100% of GDP and over 50% of its national budget just occupied by a foreign invader. The mounting, unsustainable debts. the Third World. It is the reality! Laurence Kotlikoff, professor consumption.(22) The federal debt is to pay down its debt. And it really history of British occupation of Iraq If measured on the basis of China is now close to the European of economics at Boston University, right now $7.5 trillion. The US has can’t do it. So we literally have them is proof of the mindset of Iraqis as purchasing power, China becomes Union, Latin American countries, wrote a paper decrying the “fiscal also arranged to earn 9 percent over a barrel. So when we want more regards occupation. If not today, the second-largest economy on the Iran, and the Association of fantasy” of the Congressional interest on all economic and oil, we go to Ecuador and say, ‘Look, then tomorrow the people of Iraq earth, based on actual production as Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Budget Office (CBO). But, his voice financial holdings in other countries, you’re not able to repay your debts, will drive out the US invaders and opposed to prices and exchange which comprise the ten countries of was one alone in the wilderness. while foreigners earn only 3 percent therefore give your oil companies send them packing. It is a question of rates. US GDP for 2004 was $10.4 Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Nobody listened, nobody paid heed. on their holdings. This arrangement your Amazon rain [forests], which time. The US military has bases in trillion while China’s was $5.7 Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Tax breaks and tax returns (to brings in a lot of extra money for are filled with oil.’ And today we’re more than 150 countries, but it million, which gives China’s 1.3 Philippines, Singapore, Thailand mostly the wealthy in America) Uncle Sam. going in and destroying Amazonian cannot control or contain those billion people a per capita GDP of and Vietnam. The US was not proceeded on schedule. Then came According to Andre Frank, the rain forests, forcing Ecuador to give countries if there is rebellion by the $4,385.00. invited to their recent joint meeting 9/11 and ensuing wars with problem is that the US government them to us because they’ve local citizens. Between 1992 and 2003 Japan in Vientiane to discuss the Afghanistan and Iraq, with their saves no more than 2 percent of its accumulated all this debt … [We It was not US military power was China’s largest trading partner, forthcoming East Asian Summit in huge bills along with new costs for income. The wealthiest 20 percent work] very closely with the World but US arrogance that caused people but in 2004 Japan fell to third place November, 2005. China has signed homeland security to the tune of US of Americans save no more than 2 Bank. The World Bank provides in Washington to create so many behind the European Union (EU) important trade agreements with $87.1 billion. The budget surplus of percent. This is counterbalanced by most of the money that’s used by bases. The US is not going to win and the US. China’s trade volume Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Cuba, $128 billion in 2001 vanished with deficit spending of 6 percent. Hence, economic hit men, it and the IMF.” any war now or in future because it for 2004 was $1.2 trillion – third while Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has stunning swiftness into a $412 the government maintains a $600 Whenever any country does does not have the military capacity after the US and Germany and offered China wide-ranging access to billion deficit by the end of 2004 – billion dollar plus deficit while itself not fall in line with the World Bank, to do so. Countries like Iran, China, certainly more than Japan’s $1.07 the country’s oil reserves. China will the biggest annual shortfall in living off the fat of the rest of the and IMF and their representatives – Venezuela and other South trillion. China’s trade with the US be investing $350 million to extract American history. Who noticed? world – of countries generally called the economic hit men – then it is American countries are purchasing grew 34 percent in 2004, causing oil and another $60 million in natural Who objected? poor countries! time for what Perkins calls “the state-of-the-art weapons and planes Los Angeles, Long Beach and gas reserves, in Venezuela. (20) As of February, 2005, the US US is getting annually more jackals.” from Russia and other countries, and Oakland to become America’s In his article, “Is America national debt was $7.7 trillion. By than $100 billion from European “Jackals are CIA-sanctioned are making themselves strong. They busiest seaports.(18) Three years after Going Broke?” Steve Maich talks to the end of this year another record central banks, more than $100 people that come in and try to are prepared to fight and conquer the 34 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 35 dollar has lost value everywhere. entering the WTO, China’s David Walker. Walker was the deficit of $427 billion is expected. billion from China, $140 billion foment a coup or revolution. If that Since 2000 it has lost nearly 40 influence on the global economy has Comptroller General of the United These numbers still do not capture from super-saver Japan, and tens of doesn’t work, they perform percent value against the Euro, and become crucial. States. He is an accountant, and he is the real financial hole that the billions from many other countries assassinations. Or try to. In the case countries are beginning to raise their China’s growth rate is the head auditor for the most country is in. The Middle East wars around the world. For how many of Iraq, they weren’t able to get eyebrows. If the dollar value welcomed. However, the US and powerful government in the world. will require another $80 billion. years now has the IMF been lending through to Saddam Hussein. He had declines much further, it will be Japan fear the now obvious shifting According to Maich, Walker Social Security revamping will cost money to third world countries – – his bodyguards were too good. He more than raised eyebrows, as one of power from west to east, and was trying hard to get a message out $2 trillion if implemented. more than they could possibly afford had doubles…. So the third line of by one countries shift their financial specifically from the US to China. to anyone who will listen. He says Our government has reneged to repay – and then simply take over defense is our young men and operations to the Euro. According to Because of this fear, the US as well that the US public finances are in a and defaulted on nearly 40 percent their economies? As John Perkins women, who are sent in to die and Kirkpatrick Sale, China may well let as Japan take every opportunity to shambles, and getting worse. If of its trillion-dollar foreign debt, and writes in his book Confessions of an kill, which is what we’ve obviously the yuan float against the dollar, insult and upset China, particularly something is not done soon, the nobody in America seems to mind! Economic Hit Man: done in Iraq.” (23) which will render the US bankrupt with regard to the status of Taiwan. world is going to face an “economic The value of the dollar is down now “Our job is to build up the Military Overstretch and powerless to control its own As William Greider noted: “Any shakeup unlike anything ever seen nearly 40 percent – from 80 cents to American empire… to create Earlier we talked about how economic life, let alone foreign profligate debtor who insults his before.”(21) Walker mentions the $43- the euro to 133 cents today. It is quite situations where as many resources the American empire is represented economies. banker is unwise, to put it mildly.” (19) trillion hole in America’s public likely that the dollar will hit rock as possible flow into this country, to by bases all over the globe. China is complicating (US- For example, if China gets tired of finances that’s increasing daily. He bottom – zip in value. The same our corporations, and our However, they are only bases. They d o m i n a t e d ) g l o b a l i z a t i o n . Bush-bullying and decides to shift says that Americans have no idea scenario happened in the 1930s. government and in fact we’ve been are not occupying armies that can Globalization is supposed to benefit some or all of its foreign exchange what they’re in for economically Because China and other East Asian very successful. We’ve built the conquer the country in question. The the US and other western, white- from the dollar to the euro, this because they were born into relative countries have their money pegged largest empire in the history of the reality is that the US army is not able skinned people. But China is on the would produce “the mother of all affluence and have never known to the dollar, so as the dollar slides in world… primarily through to conquer even one nation – Iraq – economic rise as well. China and financial crises,” and the US would hard times. This is why the people value, those countries are also losing economic manipulation, through despite all its high-tech military other countries around the world are crash overnight, practically. are not believing him and not a lot of money. The question is when cheating, through fraud; through equipment and long-distance tired now of American arrogance, Meanwhile, it is exciting to listening to him. Walker says that the will they get fed up and pull out of seducing people into our way of weapons systems. r a c i s m , c o l o n i a l i s m a n d note the new bonds of trade taking present American lifestyles have the dollar – begin dumping the life… my real job was deal-making. The US government, in its imperialism. Countries are place between China and Latin been bought on credit, and very soon dollars they have? It was giving loans to other arrogance, had no idea of the w e l c o m i n g C h i n e s e t r a d e American countries, as well as Iran. people will have to pay up, and there China is giving away hundreds countries, huge loans, much bigger mindset of the Arab people. The negotiations with open arms. At China is beginning to replace the US will be drastic consequences if they of billions of dollars worth of real than they could possibly repay…. Arabs will never lie down and say, present China, Japan and US are the as the major trading partner for these do not. Those consequences will goods produced in China and Let’s say [to] Indonesia or Ecuador – please stomp on us, please occupy three most productive economies on countries, leading to a situation of spill beyond American borders over consumed by the US, and receives and this country would then have to our country, and please help the earth. But China is by far the multipolarity – the preference for to Canada, which is so tightly paper dollar bills, then turns around give 90% of that loan back to a US yourselves to our oil. No, even if fastest growing, with an average rate different, competing power centers interwoven with the US in terms of and buys American Treasury bills – company, or US companies… a they have to fight with their sandals of 9.5 percent annually over the past rather than the ‘unipolarity’ of the trade. No region or industry would more worthless money! The US Halliburton or a Bechtel … a and their bare fists, the Arabs will two decades. In contrast, both US US as a single superpower. be untouched by the financial shock government has a domestic debt that country today like Ecuador owes never allow themselves to be and Japan are riddled with heavy and Multipolarity is no longer a goal for Walker expects to occur in America. is nearly 100% of GDP and over 50% of its national budget just occupied by a foreign invader. The mounting, unsustainable debts. the Third World. It is the reality! Laurence Kotlikoff, professor consumption.(22) The federal debt is to pay down its debt. And it really history of British occupation of Iraq If measured on the basis of China is now close to the European of economics at Boston University, right now $7.5 trillion. The US has can’t do it. So we literally have them is proof of the mindset of Iraqis as purchasing power, China becomes Union, Latin American countries, wrote a paper decrying the “fiscal also arranged to earn 9 percent over a barrel. So when we want more regards occupation. If not today, the second-largest economy on the Iran, and the Association of fantasy” of the Congressional interest on all economic and oil, we go to Ecuador and say, ‘Look, then tomorrow the people of Iraq earth, based on actual production as Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Budget Office (CBO). But, his voice financial holdings in other countries, you’re not able to repay your debts, will drive out the US invaders and opposed to prices and exchange which comprise the ten countries of was one alone in the wilderness. while foreigners earn only 3 percent therefore give your oil companies send them packing. It is a question of rates. US GDP for 2004 was $10.4 Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Nobody listened, nobody paid heed. on their holdings. This arrangement your Amazon rain [forests], which time. The US military has bases in trillion while China’s was $5.7 Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Tax breaks and tax returns (to brings in a lot of extra money for are filled with oil.’ And today we’re more than 150 countries, but it million, which gives China’s 1.3 Philippines, Singapore, Thailand mostly the wealthy in America) Uncle Sam. going in and destroying Amazonian cannot control or contain those billion people a per capita GDP of and Vietnam. The US was not proceeded on schedule. Then came According to Andre Frank, the rain forests, forcing Ecuador to give countries if there is rebellion by the $4,385.00. invited to their recent joint meeting 9/11 and ensuing wars with problem is that the US government them to us because they’ve local citizens. Between 1992 and 2003 Japan in Vientiane to discuss the Afghanistan and Iraq, with their saves no more than 2 percent of its accumulated all this debt … [We It was not US military power was China’s largest trading partner, forthcoming East Asian Summit in huge bills along with new costs for income. The wealthiest 20 percent work] very closely with the World but US arrogance that caused people but in 2004 Japan fell to third place November, 2005. China has signed homeland security to the tune of US of Americans save no more than 2 Bank. The World Bank provides in Washington to create so many behind the European Union (EU) important trade agreements with $87.1 billion. The budget surplus of percent. This is counterbalanced by most of the money that’s used by bases. The US is not going to win and the US. China’s trade volume Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Cuba, $128 billion in 2001 vanished with deficit spending of 6 percent. Hence, economic hit men, it and the IMF.” any war now or in future because it for 2004 was $1.2 trillion – third while Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has stunning swiftness into a $412 the government maintains a $600 Whenever any country does does not have the military capacity after the US and Germany and offered China wide-ranging access to billion deficit by the end of 2004 – billion dollar plus deficit while itself not fall in line with the World Bank, to do so. Countries like Iran, China, certainly more than Japan’s $1.07 the country’s oil reserves. China will the biggest annual shortfall in living off the fat of the rest of the and IMF and their representatives – Venezuela and other South trillion. China’s trade with the US be investing $350 million to extract American history. Who noticed? world – of countries generally called the economic hit men – then it is American countries are purchasing grew 34 percent in 2004, causing oil and another $60 million in natural Who objected? poor countries! time for what Perkins calls “the state-of-the-art weapons and planes Los Angeles, Long Beach and gas reserves, in Venezuela. (20) As of February, 2005, the US US is getting annually more jackals.” from Russia and other countries, and Oakland to become America’s In his article, “Is America national debt was $7.7 trillion. By than $100 billion from European “Jackals are CIA-sanctioned are making themselves strong. They busiest seaports.(18) Three years after Going Broke?” Steve Maich talks to the end of this year another record central banks, more than $100 people that come in and try to are prepared to fight and conquer the 34 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 35 sagging American empire! As more Malaysian prime minister declared for the US dollar and send US despite all mainstream media claims our brothers and sisters without all production is to be organized and more countries refuse to that this ASEAN summit will now economy crashing into Netherland. to the contrary. In addition, even health care, without pension, under worker-owned and controlled coalesce to the “structural lay the groundwork for an East It would start a chain reaction, with with relatively small dissent, the without job, and without a home due enterprises. Cooperatives increase adjustment” policies meted out by Asian Community (EAC), which domestic holders of dollars selling administration is becoming more to bankruptcy. The value of worker motivation and job the IMF on behalf of its blood- will “build a free-trade area, them off lickety split, along with the and more repressive, and publicly nationalism is outdated and satisfaction because they give sucking, capitalist controllers, they cooperate on finance, and sign a central banks of countries around linking any kind of dissent to completely racist and isolationist. It workers control of the business as will resist not only US economic security pact… that would the world doing the same. As Frank ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorists.’ Along is time to replace nationalism with well as a stake in its profits. When hegemony but US military transform East Asia into a cohesive writes, “Since selling oil for falling with repression of those who dare to the concept of universalism – the cooperatives have access to the hegemony. With China growing economic block … In fact, some of dollars instead of rising euros is speak out is the calculated program idea that all people are brothers and r e q u i s i t e i n p u t s o f exponentially in power both these schemes are already in evidently bad business, the world’s to dumb down the American masses sisters, free to move and settle p r o d u c t i o n — c a p i t a l , economically and militarily and motion… China, as the region’s pre- largest exporters in Russia and via crude, low-grade entertainment, anywhere on this earth without entrepreneurship, skilled labor, and engaging in trade negotiations eminent economic and military OPEC have been considering doing glamorized sports, television restrictions. competent management—they around the world – including South power, will doubtless dominate … just that.”(24) The bottom line is, the programs aimed at 13-year-olds Universalism means, we are invariably out-perform private, free- America and the Middle East – it is and host the second East Asia US is a dispensable item in our with careful avoidance of all the real one human family and one human market enterprises. Cooperatives reaching the point where the world Summit.” The article mentions how world today. issues plaguing Americans such as culture. We are not to make racist are controlled by their worker simply does not need America any in 1990 the US sabotaged a similar Domestic Dissent no health care, no jobs, and no distinctions based on external members on the basis of one longer. initiative so they would not lose their According to Sale, empires pensions. appearances and differences in member, one vote. All members Soon we may see an East Asian influence in the region. But today, make their final collapse when In place of talking about real language or dress. If Americans must purchase a membership share currency – perhaps a mix of ASEAN the word is, “Yankee stay home!” dissent from within goes out of issues which are worrying begin to make fundamental changes in the cooperative. This initial countries plus China, Japan, South Empire is now dispensable, and control, when public outrage at Americans every day – such as their in their thinking and thereafter in capital contribution gives each Korea and even India. The US is hence it is no longer an Empire! home becomes unmanageable. credit card debt and inability to their lifestyles, the economic worker member a financial stake in b e c o m i n g m o r e a n d m o r e Another very likely scenario is Presently the level of dissent in the make ends meet without incurring collapse can conceivably be the business. Thus workers’ dispensable in the eyes of the world. that Asian countries will simply US has not reached that stage. Life is that debt – the Bush administration avoided. But Sale says that they ownership rights are based on their On December 11-17, 2004 The decide to stop buying oil in dollars still too easy, with too many pays hundreds of thousands of won’t make these changes in time. It functional role as workers, and not Economist reported on the previous and will switch over to the mix of Americans having homes, food, dollars to TV commentators to push means that collapse of Empire is on the basis of their capital week’s summit of ASEAN plus Asian currencies or the euro. In one cars, and jobs. However, these its agenda – be it social security inevitable. contribution. three in Malaysia, where the stroke this would wipe out demand statistics are changing rapidly – elimination as we know it or Very complex, capital- Medicare and Medicaid elimination. III. Rise of a New Economy intensive industries, such as utilities Presently propaganda is cloaked in a Once the economic collapse of or industries producing raw veil of religious fundamentalism. America has occurred, what then? materials or goods which are And while it is fooling the people We need to study what our economic strategic to the regional economy, today, there is only so long that the options are. Esteemed economist should be designated as key people can be fooled by religious Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar has industries. As they play a crucial role rhetoric if they cannot pay their provided to the world a glorious in stimulating production and heating bill that month! Perhaps vision of a new economic model development for the region, they things need to get worse before called PROUT (Progressive must come under community Americans begin to organize and Utilization Theory), which contains control, not worker control. Key demand their fundamental, guidelines for the creation of a new industries should be controlled constitutional rights. economy. He says that regional, self- either by the local or regional This author says, things are sufficient socio-economic units government, or by an autonomous going to get much worse fast – must be formed on the basis of board. That board or local maybe in just two or three years. In common cultural, geographic, social government operations would hire a his book ‘Collapse’, Jared Diamond and economic factors. These socio- p l a n t m a n a g e m e n t t e a m . says that the traditional values economic units may be affiliated in a Participatory team management which sustained America for the federated system, but they must techniques should be used to insure past 200 years are simply not going p o s s e s s s u f f i c i e n t s e l f - maximum worker involvement. An to work anymore, and Americans determination in their own local effective incentive system should be will have to change their mindset economic regions to create and used to motivate productivity. Key and adopt new, more selfless values. control developmental policy. industries should operate on a no Americans celebrated capitalism, Every region’s economy profit, no loss basis. The state should but capitalism is not working should be organized into three types not subsidize their operation, nor anymore, and it is time to develop a of enterprises: cooperatives, key should the industry reap profits. (25) new economic model. Americans industries, and small private Small businesses—those celebrated individualism, but there enterprises. Cooperatives would having a maximum of about 5-8 is too much individual suffering. form the core of the economy. employees—can be privately Individualism needs to be replaced Except for a few large-scale, key owned. Private enterprises should by thinking for the collective industries and small private not be involved with producing or welfare. We need to feel the pain of enterprises producing nonessentials, distributing staple commodities.

36 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 37 sagging American empire! As more Malaysian prime minister declared for the US dollar and send US despite all mainstream media claims our brothers and sisters without all production is to be organized and more countries refuse to that this ASEAN summit will now economy crashing into Netherland. to the contrary. In addition, even health care, without pension, under worker-owned and controlled coalesce to the “structural lay the groundwork for an East It would start a chain reaction, with with relatively small dissent, the without job, and without a home due enterprises. Cooperatives increase adjustment” policies meted out by Asian Community (EAC), which domestic holders of dollars selling administration is becoming more to bankruptcy. The value of worker motivation and job the IMF on behalf of its blood- will “build a free-trade area, them off lickety split, along with the and more repressive, and publicly nationalism is outdated and satisfaction because they give sucking, capitalist controllers, they cooperate on finance, and sign a central banks of countries around linking any kind of dissent to completely racist and isolationist. It workers control of the business as will resist not only US economic security pact… that would the world doing the same. As Frank ‘terrorism’ and ‘terrorists.’ Along is time to replace nationalism with well as a stake in its profits. When hegemony but US military transform East Asia into a cohesive writes, “Since selling oil for falling with repression of those who dare to the concept of universalism – the cooperatives have access to the hegemony. With China growing economic block … In fact, some of dollars instead of rising euros is speak out is the calculated program idea that all people are brothers and r e q u i s i t e i n p u t s o f exponentially in power both these schemes are already in evidently bad business, the world’s to dumb down the American masses sisters, free to move and settle p r o d u c t i o n — c a p i t a l , economically and militarily and motion… China, as the region’s pre- largest exporters in Russia and via crude, low-grade entertainment, anywhere on this earth without entrepreneurship, skilled labor, and engaging in trade negotiations eminent economic and military OPEC have been considering doing glamorized sports, television restrictions. competent management—they around the world – including South power, will doubtless dominate … just that.”(24) The bottom line is, the programs aimed at 13-year-olds Universalism means, we are invariably out-perform private, free- America and the Middle East – it is and host the second East Asia US is a dispensable item in our with careful avoidance of all the real one human family and one human market enterprises. Cooperatives reaching the point where the world Summit.” The article mentions how world today. issues plaguing Americans such as culture. We are not to make racist are controlled by their worker simply does not need America any in 1990 the US sabotaged a similar Domestic Dissent no health care, no jobs, and no distinctions based on external members on the basis of one longer. initiative so they would not lose their According to Sale, empires pensions. appearances and differences in member, one vote. All members Soon we may see an East Asian influence in the region. But today, make their final collapse when In place of talking about real language or dress. If Americans must purchase a membership share currency – perhaps a mix of ASEAN the word is, “Yankee stay home!” dissent from within goes out of issues which are worrying begin to make fundamental changes in the cooperative. This initial countries plus China, Japan, South Empire is now dispensable, and control, when public outrage at Americans every day – such as their in their thinking and thereafter in capital contribution gives each Korea and even India. The US is hence it is no longer an Empire! home becomes unmanageable. credit card debt and inability to their lifestyles, the economic worker member a financial stake in b e c o m i n g m o r e a n d m o r e Another very likely scenario is Presently the level of dissent in the make ends meet without incurring collapse can conceivably be the business. Thus workers’ dispensable in the eyes of the world. that Asian countries will simply US has not reached that stage. Life is that debt – the Bush administration avoided. But Sale says that they ownership rights are based on their On December 11-17, 2004 The decide to stop buying oil in dollars still too easy, with too many pays hundreds of thousands of won’t make these changes in time. It functional role as workers, and not Economist reported on the previous and will switch over to the mix of Americans having homes, food, dollars to TV commentators to push means that collapse of Empire is on the basis of their capital week’s summit of ASEAN plus Asian currencies or the euro. In one cars, and jobs. However, these its agenda – be it social security inevitable. contribution. three in Malaysia, where the stroke this would wipe out demand statistics are changing rapidly – elimination as we know it or Very complex, capital- Medicare and Medicaid elimination. III. Rise of a New Economy intensive industries, such as utilities Presently propaganda is cloaked in a Once the economic collapse of or industries producing raw veil of religious fundamentalism. America has occurred, what then? materials or goods which are And while it is fooling the people We need to study what our economic strategic to the regional economy, today, there is only so long that the options are. Esteemed economist should be designated as key people can be fooled by religious Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar has industries. As they play a crucial role rhetoric if they cannot pay their provided to the world a glorious in stimulating production and heating bill that month! Perhaps vision of a new economic model development for the region, they things need to get worse before called PROUT (Progressive must come under community Americans begin to organize and Utilization Theory), which contains control, not worker control. Key demand their fundamental, guidelines for the creation of a new industries should be controlled constitutional rights. economy. He says that regional, self- either by the local or regional This author says, things are sufficient socio-economic units government, or by an autonomous going to get much worse fast – must be formed on the basis of board. That board or local maybe in just two or three years. In common cultural, geographic, social government operations would hire a his book ‘Collapse’, Jared Diamond and economic factors. These socio- p l a n t m a n a g e m e n t t e a m . says that the traditional values economic units may be affiliated in a Participatory team management which sustained America for the federated system, but they must techniques should be used to insure past 200 years are simply not going p o s s e s s s u f f i c i e n t s e l f - maximum worker involvement. An to work anymore, and Americans determination in their own local effective incentive system should be will have to change their mindset economic regions to create and used to motivate productivity. Key and adopt new, more selfless values. control developmental policy. industries should operate on a no Americans celebrated capitalism, Every region’s economy profit, no loss basis. The state should but capitalism is not working should be organized into three types not subsidize their operation, nor anymore, and it is time to develop a of enterprises: cooperatives, key should the industry reap profits. (25) new economic model. Americans industries, and small private Small businesses—those celebrated individualism, but there enterprises. Cooperatives would having a maximum of about 5-8 is too much individual suffering. form the core of the economy. employees—can be privately Individualism needs to be replaced Except for a few large-scale, key owned. Private enterprises should by thinking for the collective industries and small private not be involved with producing or welfare. We need to feel the pain of enterprises producing nonessentials, distributing staple commodities.

36 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 37 Salaries of workers and income of be observed. The unit costs of generated from within the region, or so large as to create unnecessary processes and teamwork to the apathetic. Justice never walked owners should be subject to p r o d u c t i o n ( i n c l u d i n g through interregional trade. Capital disparity in society. Society should greatest extent possible. Teamwork through the door without a struggle. minimum and maximum standards spillover/environmental costs) for large-scale development can set minimum and maximum income can be reinforced by material We have to fight hard without rest if established for the region. (In fact, should be carefully determined, and come from developmental bank levels. The minimum level should i n c e n t i v e s b a s e d o n t e a m we want to see justice, and this today in Germany the people are on the cost of producing a particular loans, worker shareholdings, and insure sufficient income to purchase performance. applies most acutely to economic the streets demanding a minimum commodity should not exceed its government grants. Small-scale basic necessities according to the Currency should be backed by justice. We need to learn about wage as well as a maximum wage market value. Every economic enterprises can be capitalized prevailing standard. The maximum bullion. If the state is required to energy conservation and local for all workers!) enterprise must be economically through worker shareholdings, level should balance society’s need guarantee the value of money by grassroots energy production – Economic planning should viable, and without need of state private investment, and loans from to maintain high worker motivation issuing bullion upon demand, this through wind and solar power. We take place at the central, regional, subsidy. A major objective of cooperative banks. with its need to distribute wealth will check its tendency to engage in must make ourselves independent of and district levels. But, for the most planning must be to increase To avoid trade deficits and the equitably. Over time, the minimum excessive deficit spending and huge energy corporations as the first part, planning authority should people’s purchasing capacity. Hence loss of currency, interregional and and maximum income levels would thereby help prevent inflation. step towards giving ourselves reside at the local level. The most there must be: (1) availability of international commerce should be rise with rising purchasing power, Distribution of essential economic power – putting economic basic unit of planning is the district. commodities according to local conducted on a barter basis where and the range between the minimum commodities should be done power into our own hands! In the District boundaries should not be demand, (2) stable prices, (3) possible. Locally produced basic and maximum incomes should be through consumer cooperatives, not first decade of the 20th century, 100 determined on the basis of political periodic increases in wages, and (4) commodities should be protected gradually decreased – unless this has through traders, middlemen, or the years ago, Upton Sinclair was considerations, but on the basis of steady increase in collective assets from competition with cheaper the effect of diminishing worker state. This reduces the possibility of writing vigorously against geographic factors, socio-economic (such as roads, energy generation goods produced in other countries. motivation. The practice of hoarding, manipulating prices, and capitalism and the corporations of requirements, common economic systems, and communications To protect local employment providing incentives should be bureaucratic inefficiency in those days. How appalled he would problems, and common aspirations infrastructure). opportunities, international and incorporated into all productive marketing essential products. There be to see what demonic form of the people. The economy should be interregional trade in raw materials activity. The forms of incentives should also be a free flow of capitalism has become today! If planning is undertaken at the organized such that it has the should be avoided, and only finished which have most value and information about consumer We are seeing the worst district level, it means that planners capacity to continuously increase its products should be sold outside a appropriateness can be as follows: products. Decentralization of excesses of capitalism in every will better understand the major and productivity. There should be region. Regional economies should Special amenities. Individuals production and marketing will country. We need to crush this minor problems of the area; local maximum production according to be largely self-sufficient in the whose skills have special value to reduce the possibility of expensive demon – if necessary with our bare leaders can solve problems the collective need, and full production of basic commodities. society should receive special advertising campaigns designed to fists! In each and every region we according to their own priorities; utilization of the productive units. Except for commodities protected amenities, preferably amenities manipulate consumer demand. must throw out the large capitalist planning will be more practical and Money should be properly invested, from foreign competition, there w h i c h p r o v i d e i n c r e a s e d businesses and pass laws that permit more readily implemented; local and not hoarded or squandered in should be free trade. opportunity to utilize their Outside the Boxes only cooperatives or small-scale organizations can play an active role unproductive ways. No economic Workers must have the right to talents—for example, special The forthcoming collapse of enterprises comprising 5-8 in mobilizing human and material development project should be organize independent trade unions, research equipment, or greater the American Empire will be employees. It means the common resources; and most important, undertaken which decreases the and control of the unions must opportunities for education and disastrous – not only for America but people, not one or two capitalists, unemployment can be more easily productive capacity of the remain with workers, not with travel. for countries around the world. will own the productive assets on prevented. environment or the vitality of local political party interests. Unions The reverberations will be global. which their lives depend. There will When planning at the district ecosystems. should give as much importance to Wage differences American battleships are moving to be no more illegitimate, exploitative level, the following guidelines can Investment capital should be making workers conscious of their Workers should be paid the Eastern Pacific Ocean in foreign debts meted out by World responsibilities as they do to according to their skill level and proximity to North Korea. American Bank, IMF and other crooks. The protecting their interests. In small their labor. This can be done through bases are springing up all over the common people will have the right and medium-sized cooperatives, salary gradations, payment for piece Middle East. It is a matter of time to manage the flow of goods and there will be less need for worker work, or bonuses. Workers in until US military activity steps up in money across their borders. The representation by organized trade cooperatives will receive dividends the vicinity of Venezuela, Columbia, people will set their own economic unions, as these are worker- according to the profitability of their Ecuador and Bolivia. The costs of priorities. No longer will rich managed businesses. But in large enterprise. these perpetual American wars will countries be allowed to bully (26) cooperatives, key industries, public be immeasurable. They are smaller countries and demand service institutions, and government Psychological incentives unsustainable. access to their markets or resources. administration, unionization should Non-material incentives are What is required today is the Every business and every b e e n c o u r a g e d . I n l a r g e also very effective. Motivation implementation of the above- corporation that wants to do cooperatives, unions will serve the increases when workers feel described Prout principles, or business in a foreign country will be interests of workers as workers, compatibility with their job, when g u i d e l i n e s . T h e y c a n b e subject to the laws of that particular rather than their interests as worker- their work environment is pleasant implemented at the grassroots level. country alone. WTO, World Bank owners. and safe, and when their work Struggles against capitalist and IMF will be deleted, and The prosperity of society provides interest and challenge. exploitation can start locally, in each replaced by global institutions depends on worker productivity. Perhaps the most important community, by for example whose sole goal is benevolence and Hence incentives are essential to psychological factor for increasing demanding the removal of those magnanimity towards the little motivate workers to develop and use motivation is the ability to influence companies from a region where the people of this world! In the Prout their full productive capacities. decision-making. Therefore, all companies are not hiring local economy, unlimited greed will end. While productivity and talent should enterprises should implement people but instead are outsourcing. There will be a ceiling placed, by the be rewarded, rewards should not be p a r t i c i p a t o r y m a n a g e m e n t People cannot be complacent or people themselves, on the amount of

38 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 39 Salaries of workers and income of be observed. The unit costs of generated from within the region, or so large as to create unnecessary processes and teamwork to the apathetic. Justice never walked owners should be subject to p r o d u c t i o n ( i n c l u d i n g through interregional trade. Capital disparity in society. Society should greatest extent possible. Teamwork through the door without a struggle. minimum and maximum standards spillover/environmental costs) for large-scale development can set minimum and maximum income can be reinforced by material We have to fight hard without rest if established for the region. (In fact, should be carefully determined, and come from developmental bank levels. The minimum level should i n c e n t i v e s b a s e d o n t e a m we want to see justice, and this today in Germany the people are on the cost of producing a particular loans, worker shareholdings, and insure sufficient income to purchase performance. applies most acutely to economic the streets demanding a minimum commodity should not exceed its government grants. Small-scale basic necessities according to the Currency should be backed by justice. We need to learn about wage as well as a maximum wage market value. Every economic enterprises can be capitalized prevailing standard. The maximum bullion. If the state is required to energy conservation and local for all workers!) enterprise must be economically through worker shareholdings, level should balance society’s need guarantee the value of money by grassroots energy production – Economic planning should viable, and without need of state private investment, and loans from to maintain high worker motivation issuing bullion upon demand, this through wind and solar power. We take place at the central, regional, subsidy. A major objective of cooperative banks. with its need to distribute wealth will check its tendency to engage in must make ourselves independent of and district levels. But, for the most planning must be to increase To avoid trade deficits and the equitably. Over time, the minimum excessive deficit spending and huge energy corporations as the first part, planning authority should people’s purchasing capacity. Hence loss of currency, interregional and and maximum income levels would thereby help prevent inflation. step towards giving ourselves reside at the local level. The most there must be: (1) availability of international commerce should be rise with rising purchasing power, Distribution of essential economic power – putting economic basic unit of planning is the district. commodities according to local conducted on a barter basis where and the range between the minimum commodities should be done power into our own hands! In the District boundaries should not be demand, (2) stable prices, (3) possible. Locally produced basic and maximum incomes should be through consumer cooperatives, not first decade of the 20th century, 100 determined on the basis of political periodic increases in wages, and (4) commodities should be protected gradually decreased – unless this has through traders, middlemen, or the years ago, Upton Sinclair was considerations, but on the basis of steady increase in collective assets from competition with cheaper the effect of diminishing worker state. This reduces the possibility of writing vigorously against geographic factors, socio-economic (such as roads, energy generation goods produced in other countries. motivation. The practice of hoarding, manipulating prices, and capitalism and the corporations of requirements, common economic systems, and communications To protect local employment providing incentives should be bureaucratic inefficiency in those days. How appalled he would problems, and common aspirations infrastructure). opportunities, international and incorporated into all productive marketing essential products. There be to see what demonic form of the people. The economy should be interregional trade in raw materials activity. The forms of incentives should also be a free flow of capitalism has become today! If planning is undertaken at the organized such that it has the should be avoided, and only finished which have most value and information about consumer We are seeing the worst district level, it means that planners capacity to continuously increase its products should be sold outside a appropriateness can be as follows: products. Decentralization of excesses of capitalism in every will better understand the major and productivity. There should be region. Regional economies should Special amenities. Individuals production and marketing will country. We need to crush this minor problems of the area; local maximum production according to be largely self-sufficient in the whose skills have special value to reduce the possibility of expensive demon – if necessary with our bare leaders can solve problems the collective need, and full production of basic commodities. society should receive special advertising campaigns designed to fists! In each and every region we according to their own priorities; utilization of the productive units. Except for commodities protected amenities, preferably amenities manipulate consumer demand. must throw out the large capitalist planning will be more practical and Money should be properly invested, from foreign competition, there w h i c h p r o v i d e i n c r e a s e d businesses and pass laws that permit more readily implemented; local and not hoarded or squandered in should be free trade. opportunity to utilize their Outside the Boxes only cooperatives or small-scale organizations can play an active role unproductive ways. No economic Workers must have the right to talents—for example, special The forthcoming collapse of enterprises comprising 5-8 in mobilizing human and material development project should be organize independent trade unions, research equipment, or greater the American Empire will be employees. It means the common resources; and most important, undertaken which decreases the and control of the unions must opportunities for education and disastrous – not only for America but people, not one or two capitalists, unemployment can be more easily productive capacity of the remain with workers, not with travel. for countries around the world. will own the productive assets on prevented. environment or the vitality of local political party interests. Unions The reverberations will be global. which their lives depend. There will When planning at the district ecosystems. should give as much importance to Wage differences American battleships are moving to be no more illegitimate, exploitative level, the following guidelines can Investment capital should be making workers conscious of their Workers should be paid the Eastern Pacific Ocean in foreign debts meted out by World responsibilities as they do to according to their skill level and proximity to North Korea. American Bank, IMF and other crooks. The protecting their interests. In small their labor. This can be done through bases are springing up all over the common people will have the right and medium-sized cooperatives, salary gradations, payment for piece Middle East. It is a matter of time to manage the flow of goods and there will be less need for worker work, or bonuses. Workers in until US military activity steps up in money across their borders. The representation by organized trade cooperatives will receive dividends the vicinity of Venezuela, Columbia, people will set their own economic unions, as these are worker- according to the profitability of their Ecuador and Bolivia. The costs of priorities. No longer will rich managed businesses. But in large enterprise. these perpetual American wars will countries be allowed to bully (26) cooperatives, key industries, public be immeasurable. They are smaller countries and demand service institutions, and government Psychological incentives unsustainable. access to their markets or resources. administration, unionization should Non-material incentives are What is required today is the Every business and every b e e n c o u r a g e d . I n l a r g e also very effective. Motivation implementation of the above- corporation that wants to do cooperatives, unions will serve the increases when workers feel described Prout principles, or business in a foreign country will be interests of workers as workers, compatibility with their job, when g u i d e l i n e s . T h e y c a n b e subject to the laws of that particular rather than their interests as worker- their work environment is pleasant implemented at the grassroots level. country alone. WTO, World Bank owners. and safe, and when their work Struggles against capitalist and IMF will be deleted, and The prosperity of society provides interest and challenge. exploitation can start locally, in each replaced by global institutions depends on worker productivity. Perhaps the most important community, by for example whose sole goal is benevolence and Hence incentives are essential to psychological factor for increasing demanding the removal of those magnanimity towards the little motivate workers to develop and use motivation is the ability to influence companies from a region where the people of this world! In the Prout their full productive capacities. decision-making. Therefore, all companies are not hiring local economy, unlimited greed will end. While productivity and talent should enterprises should implement people but instead are outsourcing. There will be a ceiling placed, by the be rewarded, rewards should not be p a r t i c i p a t o r y m a n a g e m e n t People cannot be complacent or people themselves, on the amount of

38 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 39 wealth any one person can scenario, the issue of price and even This protest movement will will go back to small, locally-owned localization. We will globalize not steps are never-ending processes accumulate. The common people GDP becomes irrelevant. It becomes have to be both an economic protest e n t e r p r i s e s ( m a x i m u m 5 - 8 capitalism but localization! This and will go on increasing according will establish what should be the our duty to study these systems and as well as a political protest against employees) and cooperatives. No will work for the people! No more to the collective potentialities of the minimum wage as well as what teach them to others, so as to finally trade liberalization and those more mammoth corporations debts to international bankers! We people. In the words of Shrii Sarkar: should be the maximum wage. This put the economic power into the political leaders who greedily push wherein the benefits of productive need to drop the flawed economic “Prout is the panacea for the is exactly what people in Germany hands of the people.” (27) neoliberalism onto third world assets go to a handful of rich alone theory of comparative advantage in integrated process of human society. are demanding today! We need to climb out of these countries knowing full well that they with nothing for the masses! neoliberalism and instead move now It aims to bring about equilibrium “US imperialist wars (be it two economic boxes – one called alone and not those countries will Capitalism devours everything in its towards overcoming the opposition and equipoise in all aspects of socio- Iraq, Iran, Venezuela or Columbia) capitalism and the other called benefit monetarily. wake – people, communities, of transnational corporations, economic life through totally are all a symptom of unlimited communism – and step outside into Using only the Internet, in ecology – it becomes a cancer in the including agricorporations, while restructuring economics. Without human greed of a few individuals at the fresh open air of new visions of 1998 a gigantic coalition of society. Margaret Thatcher said, developing and controlling our local P R O U T, s o c i o - e c o n o m i c the highest levels of power. That economic and social understandings protestors brought enough pressure “TINA – There is No Alternative.” economies. Policies will be based on emancipation will remain a utopian unlimited greed is given free license that will bring real benefit to the to bear so as to kill the OECD’s Colin Hines along with this author “site-here-to-sell-here,” to dream. Only PROUT can save the in the economic system called people. MAI. We need to do this again and declare today: “TIAA! There is an guarantee local production. Money world from [economic] depression capitalism and now global We need to spread these visions again, this time specifically Alternative!” The great Ralph Nader can remain local, with safeguards …. We are near the last stage of the capitalism or globalization. The across continents and oceans and targeting the World Bank and IMF. says, it is now time to fight the good such as control over capital flows, capitalist era. If an impact is created, harm to humanity as a consequence create huge international networks We need to declare the complete fight – to engage in civil Tobin-type taxes, control of tax it will help the suffering humanity. It of this greed is incalculable, and so that the global population moves illegality of all laws passed by these disobedience and mass resistance at evasions, including offshore is the most opportune moment for must be stopped. together to implement these visions! institutions, saying their laws do not every rung of the ladder because, in banking, and the rejuvenation of creating an all-round revolution!” (29) The way to stop it is to As one global population fighting represent the people of the world, the words of esteemed economist local banks, credit unions, and Conclusion convince the people from the ground for moral economic justice, we can and are hence invalid! We need to and lover of humanity, Prabhat LETS schemes. Finally we must face the fact up, from the grassroots level, that fight the WTO, the World Bank and demand that the only laws Ranjan Sarkar, All these steps will lead to a that imperialism is not just a social there are better economic systems the IMF, defy their so-called laws, acceptable to the global population “There is only one way to stop more level playing field. Individuals disease but a psychic disease as well. being developed by the idealistic and if necessary be ready to go to are laws created and approved by economic exploitation and alleviate and companies can be taxed Hence a new economy requires a lovers of humanity, and these prison during that fight! We must that population. Those laws will the plight of the common people, according to their wealth, their new humanity. Shrii Sarkar notes economic systems do not create speak out in protest in order to end have to do with an alternative, and that is to implement a policy of income, and their land. Taxes raised that when we acquire psychic wealth stark disparities in wealth. These the economic domination of these h u m a n e a n d s u s t a i n a b l e decentralized economy in all the will be used to help the poorer or pabula from our material lives to new economic systems cater fully to capitalist institutions. international system of trade and sectors of the economy. Successful people in the society. Sustainable, an extreme level then this causes the the largest number of people and The Battle of Seattle was the investment relations. planning can never be done by regional, self-reliant projects and degeneration of a civilization. For particularly to the poorest of the first step, when more than 1600 To be rid of unemployment and sitting in an air-conditioned office enterprises mean more and more example we see in history how poor. They ensure that every citizen organizations from 90 countries on to rebuild healthy, sustainable thousands of miles away from the local employment. It is about various civilizations in their early has adequate purchasing power and every continent came to protest societies, we need to take back our place where planning is to be changing our economies at the days had less material amenities and the five minimum necessities of life, t r a d e l i b e r a l i z a t i o n . T h e y local economies. We need to support undertaken. Centralized economy grassroots level. With coming huge less intellectual development but i.e., food, clothing, shelter, understood the suffering that WTO all-round localization!(28) If we can can never solve the economic job losses predicted in the face of they had some form of natural education and medical care. We leaves in its wake! We need to create c o n t r o l o u r o w n r e g i o n a l problems of remote villages. deflation (many countries have spirituality and social harmony. need to go back to local people a massive global second step – economies, orient them towards Economic planning must start from passed the 40 percent mark in However the increase in material becoming self-sufficient by growing leaving a footprint so deep that it serving the basic needs of the the lowest level, where the unemployment) followed by huge and intellectual development their own food, producing their own cannot be removed. We need to people, and then the local people e x p e r i e n c e , e x p e r t i s e a n d inflation leading to innumerable without the increase in spiritual necessities and controlling the bring the WB and IMF to their will have jobs and will be protected knowledge of the local people can be bankruptcies, the people will have development and in the wisdom and conditions of their lives. In this knees! from any future unemployment. We harnessed for the benefit of the no choice but to move towards the selfless love that arises from members of a socio-economic unit. a l t e r n a t i v e o f e c o n o m i c spiritual development leads to social All types of economic problems can localization. When the market disruption, degeneration and be solved only when economic flounders, when capitalism begins destruction. structures are built on the basis of its crash to the ground, we need to be The key engine of this decentralized economy.” ready at that moment to take back destruction is imperialism or the Localization means, workers our economy and convert it to an craving and addiction to defeating, everywhere will be protected. entirely local economy run by the subjugating and plundering others. Communities and especially local people. This is the alternative. This is seen also in the life of self- environments will also be protected. This is the Prout economic centred intellectuals. This violent L o c a l i z a t i o n t r a n s l a t e s t o model in action! Prout’s approach is mindset causes the radiation of a minimization of the need to trade to guarantee minimum requirements black force of mental germs that with other countries in far off places, of life for all people, to guarantee Shrii Sarkar calls negative if basic goods and services can be maximum amenities for all, and to microvita. As Shrii Sarkar warns us, produced and provided locally. So guarantee special amenities for "Those negative microvita intensify we need to change our mindset from people with special capabilities. and escalate the demonic activities the “beggar-your-neighbor” These three guidelines will lead to of imperialism in all aspects of competition of globalization to one ever increasing acceleration in the human society – art, literature, o f “ b e t t e r - y o u r - n e i g h b o r ” socio-economic sphere. These three education, trade, commerce,

40 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 41 wealth any one person can scenario, the issue of price and even This protest movement will will go back to small, locally-owned localization. We will globalize not steps are never-ending processes accumulate. The common people GDP becomes irrelevant. It becomes have to be both an economic protest e n t e r p r i s e s ( m a x i m u m 5 - 8 capitalism but localization! This and will go on increasing according will establish what should be the our duty to study these systems and as well as a political protest against employees) and cooperatives. No will work for the people! No more to the collective potentialities of the minimum wage as well as what teach them to others, so as to finally trade liberalization and those more mammoth corporations debts to international bankers! We people. In the words of Shrii Sarkar: should be the maximum wage. This put the economic power into the political leaders who greedily push wherein the benefits of productive need to drop the flawed economic “Prout is the panacea for the is exactly what people in Germany hands of the people.” (27) neoliberalism onto third world assets go to a handful of rich alone theory of comparative advantage in integrated process of human society. are demanding today! We need to climb out of these countries knowing full well that they with nothing for the masses! neoliberalism and instead move now It aims to bring about equilibrium “US imperialist wars (be it two economic boxes – one called alone and not those countries will Capitalism devours everything in its towards overcoming the opposition and equipoise in all aspects of socio- Iraq, Iran, Venezuela or Columbia) capitalism and the other called benefit monetarily. wake – people, communities, of transnational corporations, economic life through totally are all a symptom of unlimited communism – and step outside into Using only the Internet, in ecology – it becomes a cancer in the including agricorporations, while restructuring economics. Without human greed of a few individuals at the fresh open air of new visions of 1998 a gigantic coalition of society. Margaret Thatcher said, developing and controlling our local P R O U T, s o c i o - e c o n o m i c the highest levels of power. That economic and social understandings protestors brought enough pressure “TINA – There is No Alternative.” economies. Policies will be based on emancipation will remain a utopian unlimited greed is given free license that will bring real benefit to the to bear so as to kill the OECD’s Colin Hines along with this author “site-here-to-sell-here,” to dream. Only PROUT can save the in the economic system called people. MAI. We need to do this again and declare today: “TIAA! There is an guarantee local production. Money world from [economic] depression capitalism and now global We need to spread these visions again, this time specifically Alternative!” The great Ralph Nader can remain local, with safeguards …. We are near the last stage of the capitalism or globalization. The across continents and oceans and targeting the World Bank and IMF. says, it is now time to fight the good such as control over capital flows, capitalist era. If an impact is created, harm to humanity as a consequence create huge international networks We need to declare the complete fight – to engage in civil Tobin-type taxes, control of tax it will help the suffering humanity. It of this greed is incalculable, and so that the global population moves illegality of all laws passed by these disobedience and mass resistance at evasions, including offshore is the most opportune moment for must be stopped. together to implement these visions! institutions, saying their laws do not every rung of the ladder because, in banking, and the rejuvenation of creating an all-round revolution!” (29) The way to stop it is to As one global population fighting represent the people of the world, the words of esteemed economist local banks, credit unions, and Conclusion convince the people from the ground for moral economic justice, we can and are hence invalid! We need to and lover of humanity, Prabhat LETS schemes. Finally we must face the fact up, from the grassroots level, that fight the WTO, the World Bank and demand that the only laws Ranjan Sarkar, All these steps will lead to a that imperialism is not just a social there are better economic systems the IMF, defy their so-called laws, acceptable to the global population “There is only one way to stop more level playing field. Individuals disease but a psychic disease as well. being developed by the idealistic and if necessary be ready to go to are laws created and approved by economic exploitation and alleviate and companies can be taxed Hence a new economy requires a lovers of humanity, and these prison during that fight! We must that population. Those laws will the plight of the common people, according to their wealth, their new humanity. Shrii Sarkar notes economic systems do not create speak out in protest in order to end have to do with an alternative, and that is to implement a policy of income, and their land. Taxes raised that when we acquire psychic wealth stark disparities in wealth. These the economic domination of these h u m a n e a n d s u s t a i n a b l e decentralized economy in all the will be used to help the poorer or pabula from our material lives to new economic systems cater fully to capitalist institutions. international system of trade and sectors of the economy. Successful people in the society. Sustainable, an extreme level then this causes the the largest number of people and The Battle of Seattle was the investment relations. planning can never be done by regional, self-reliant projects and degeneration of a civilization. For particularly to the poorest of the first step, when more than 1600 To be rid of unemployment and sitting in an air-conditioned office enterprises mean more and more example we see in history how poor. They ensure that every citizen organizations from 90 countries on to rebuild healthy, sustainable thousands of miles away from the local employment. It is about various civilizations in their early has adequate purchasing power and every continent came to protest societies, we need to take back our place where planning is to be changing our economies at the days had less material amenities and the five minimum necessities of life, t r a d e l i b e r a l i z a t i o n . T h e y local economies. We need to support undertaken. Centralized economy grassroots level. With coming huge less intellectual development but i.e., food, clothing, shelter, understood the suffering that WTO all-round localization!(28) If we can can never solve the economic job losses predicted in the face of they had some form of natural education and medical care. We leaves in its wake! We need to create c o n t r o l o u r o w n r e g i o n a l problems of remote villages. deflation (many countries have spirituality and social harmony. need to go back to local people a massive global second step – economies, orient them towards Economic planning must start from passed the 40 percent mark in However the increase in material becoming self-sufficient by growing leaving a footprint so deep that it serving the basic needs of the the lowest level, where the unemployment) followed by huge and intellectual development their own food, producing their own cannot be removed. We need to people, and then the local people e x p e r i e n c e , e x p e r t i s e a n d inflation leading to innumerable without the increase in spiritual necessities and controlling the bring the WB and IMF to their will have jobs and will be protected knowledge of the local people can be bankruptcies, the people will have development and in the wisdom and conditions of their lives. In this knees! from any future unemployment. We harnessed for the benefit of the no choice but to move towards the selfless love that arises from members of a socio-economic unit. a l t e r n a t i v e o f e c o n o m i c spiritual development leads to social All types of economic problems can localization. When the market disruption, degeneration and be solved only when economic flounders, when capitalism begins destruction. structures are built on the basis of its crash to the ground, we need to be The key engine of this decentralized economy.” ready at that moment to take back destruction is imperialism or the Localization means, workers our economy and convert it to an craving and addiction to defeating, everywhere will be protected. entirely local economy run by the subjugating and plundering others. Communities and especially local people. This is the alternative. This is seen also in the life of self- environments will also be protected. This is the Prout economic centred intellectuals. This violent L o c a l i z a t i o n t r a n s l a t e s t o model in action! Prout’s approach is mindset causes the radiation of a minimization of the need to trade to guarantee minimum requirements black force of mental germs that with other countries in far off places, of life for all people, to guarantee Shrii Sarkar calls negative if basic goods and services can be maximum amenities for all, and to microvita. As Shrii Sarkar warns us, produced and provided locally. So guarantee special amenities for "Those negative microvita intensify we need to change our mindset from people with special capabilities. and escalate the demonic activities the “beggar-your-neighbor” These three guidelines will lead to of imperialism in all aspects of competition of globalization to one ever increasing acceleration in the human society – art, literature, o f “ b e t t e r - y o u r - n e i g h b o r ” socio-economic sphere. These three education, trade, commerce,

40 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 41 FINANCIAL MATTERS together with all. We will have to look upon this whole world as an integral entity.”

Notes : 17. Chalmers Johnson, Sorrows of Empire, p. 281 18. Chalmers Johnson, “No Longer the ‘Lone’ Superpower: Coming to Terms with China,” in JPRI: Japan Policy Research Institute, Working Paper No. 105 (March 2005). 19. Ibid. 20. Ibid. 21. Steve Maich, “Is America Going Broke?” in Macleans-Canada. Should http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/wo USD r l d / a r t i c l e . j s p ? c o n t e n t - 20050307_101541_101541 22. Andre Gunder Frank, be restored “America’s Spiraling External Debt and the Decline of the US Dollar,” at C e n t e r f o r R e s e a r c h o n Globalization,www.globalresearch.ca, back to industry, agriculture, morality and humanity of our time to transcend January 12, 2005. social relations. They cultivate a the collapse of the present and 23. Ibid. psychology based on slavery, become a cosmic civilization or 24. Ibid. inferiority complex, pseudo-culture Mahavishva. 25. Trond Overland, “Beyond and psycho-economic exploitation, Shrii Sarkar reveals the glory Collectivism and Individualism: Gold Standard? and in certain cases are the cause of of our destiny saying, "The proper Structural Features of the Prout nihilism and cynicism." thing is for all members of the E c o n o m y , ” a t P r o u t The solution lies for Shrii society to move in unison; and while World:http://proutworld.org/ideology/ S a r k a r i n t h e c o l l e c t i v e moving together, each member statepriv/structfeat.htm. enlightenment of humanity. Thus far should feel a responsibility for every 26. Garda Ghista, “Economic we have usually only seen the cruder other member of society. Those who Consequences of Iraq Occupation,” at With the world’s financial system in the midst of the biggest blowout aspects and cruder levels (kosas) of are unable to move must be carried W o r l d P r o u t A s s e m b l y : the collective minds. Through the so that the rhythm of the collective http://www.worldproutassembly.org/a in modern history, it is useful to take a look at the latest proposals collective spiritual endeavour, movement remains unbroken. At rchives/2005/05/economic_conseq_1. from the so-called financial experts, as a way of demonstrating their humanity must realize that all present, we will have to look at html beings, all countries, all planets are everything in this world from the 27. Ibid. incompetence to devise a solution to a crisis for which simply manifestations of One, perspective of our solar system, 28. Colin Hines, Localization: A Global Manifesto, London: Earthscan they themselves are largely responsible. Integral Mind or Macrocosm. even if we do not yet look at things Publications Ltd. 2000, p. 239. The acceptance of this reality from a cosmological perspective. 29. Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, by humanity is key to developing a We must move ahead, looking upon Proutist Economics, Ananda Marga ð Apek Mulay psyche or mindset rooted in psychic this solar system as one integral Publications, 1992, p. 98-99. (mental, emotional and intuitional) entity. But in the future, human 30. Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Introduction growth, government needs to do its rarely existed during the era of Great assimilation of spiritual experience beings from other planets and "The Neo-ethics of Multilateral The US stock market is up spending to compensate for depression. It is US monetary rather than only just material satellites will join our movement; Salvation", Microvitum In a Nutshell, more than 140% since its lows in decreased spending of unemployed policies since Reaganomics that existence. This alone will enable we will have to build our society Ananda Marga Publications, 2005. 2009 [1]. However, US joblessness is and underemployed [ 2 ] . One have led to the consumers living also high. The twin deficits (Budget important difference between US ‘ b e y o n d t h e i r m e a n s ’ a n d and Trade) have resulted from economy in 1930s and US economy institutions ‘too big to fail’ [3]. The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the growing income disparity and as of today is that during 1930s, US Monetary policy of US since o f f s h o r i n g h i g h p a y i n g did not have a huge National Debt of 1980s has been such that wages of currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; manufacturing jobs from the US. 16+ Trillion dollar. There existed no Americans have trailed their real both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political The question today also arises in our credit cards prior to the great productivity [4]. Since wages mind about the QE policies of Fed. depression. Hence, Americans in contributes to consumer demand and economic opportunists. During great depression of 1930, past had the habit of saving money and productivity attributes to supply - Ernst Hemingway Keynes came up with the idea that in or spending their real wages. The of goods into the economy, the order to stimulate the economic concept of ‘Living beyond means’ supply side economics put forth by

42 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 43 FINANCIAL MATTERS together with all. We will have to look upon this whole world as an integral entity.”

42 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 43 Ronald Reagan’s economic advisors As a result of above two government push to increase printing more currency, the wealth have significantly increased supply policies, US became world’s largest productivity and also because of creation increased and so did the of goods into the economy but have withholder of Gold reserves. After growing demand for Japanese economic growth increase. It needs not let the wages of Americans catch the Second World War, a system products as United States and other to be noted that Bretton Woods up with their productivity [5]. Now, similar to a gold standard and foreign markets grew and trade system of Gold standard ushered in a US Fed has played a key role in sometimes described as a "gold barriers in major market countries period of high global growth with continuing this monetary policy. exchange standard" was established were reduced on account of General over 4% annual growth in GDP in As a result of this monetary by the Bretton Woods Agreements Agreement in Tariffs and Trade US, known as the Golden Age of policy, Fed has lured Americans to [8]. Under this system, many (GATT) amongst member nations [9]. Free market Capitalism. However, it borrow money in order to maintain countries fixed their exchange rates Due to price competitiveness of came under pressure due to the an artificially high standard of relative to the U.S. dollar and central Japanese products imported into US inability or unwillingness of US to living. Americans have today banks could exchange their dollar without import duty, US trade maintain effective capital controls mortgaged their houses, mortgaged holdings into gold at the official deficits with Japan started to soar in and due to instabilities related to the their cars and are living on a huge exchange rate ($35 per ounce); this 1960s due to growing year over year central role of the dollar. These pile of consumer debt. The option was not available to firms or trade imbalance. Lyndon B. Johnson instabilities were a result of failure government has so far encouraged individuals. All currencies pegged to enacted across the board income tax of US to trim its twin (trade and Americans to remain indebted by the dollar also had a fixed value in cut by 20% as part of United States budget) deficits which resulted in lowering rate of interest on their terms of gold [8]. Revenue act of 1964 by lowering the gold flowing out of the US and a loss home mortgages. While businesses As US became a Global locus size of the federal budget as John F. of confidence in the United States have been able to reap huge profits, of Capitalism, the Multi- National Kennedy was unable to pass this bill ability to supply gold for all future the consumer debt of Americans has Corporations (MNCs) in US as he did not lower size of federal claims[12]. In order to retain the gold been growing exponentially. influenced ‘Free Trade’ agreements budget[11]. Due to lower revenue standard, US should have restored a promised to revive the US economy and annual trade deficit of 600 Without a rise in demand from between member nations in order earned from income taxes, US balanced economy to have effective from Stagflation by enacting huge billion. increased consumer borrowing, the gain free access to the markets and budget deficit also started to grow as capital controls and eliminated its tax cuts for richest Americans and During the Reagan years, US excess of supply of goods would [9] increase their consumer base . Free a result of revenue act of 1964. budget and trade deficits to stabilize Corporations. trade deficit started to increase at a have remained unsold. Trade implies no import duties These combined deficits resulted in the dollar. These policies are commonly rate not seen in the last 60-70 years. If consumers do not buy imposed on goods imported from Balance of Payment deficits where associated with supply-side The Reagan administration then had m a n u f a c t u r e d g o o d s , t h e Crony Capitalism with USD abroad. Since, USD was Global the net cash inflows were lower than economics, also referred to as to pressure Japan to sign the 1985 manufacturer would have to lay off Trade currency; it needed the the net cash outflows from US as Global Trade Currency trickle-down economics by Plaza Accord to devalue the U.S. employees if his warehouse begins Decoupling USD from Gold Reagan’s political opponents. dollar at the expense of the Japanese [4] countries around the world to have starting from 1960s. In 1971, gold to stock pile inventories . Now, the reserves of USD in form of foreign was re-priced to $38 per ounce, then standard was verily the root cause of However, Reagan’s policies resulted yen in order to increase U.S. exports. question remains that how has US exchange (FOREX). These FOREX again to $42 per ounce in 1973. The growing disparity in US and it also in budget deficit rising from 2.5 As a result of yen’s appreciation, been able to sustain this model for so reserves determined the buying Balance of Payment deficits and t r a n s f o r m e d ‘ F r e e M a r k e t percent of GDP to over 6 percent of Japan experienced an economic long and can US sustain it any resulting depreciation in value of Capitalism’ to ‘Crony Capitalism’. GDP [14]. To reduce budget deficit for crash and lost a decade of growth [4]. longer. power of currencies. US also owned huge FOREX reserves of member USD motivated people to sell their The whole reason USD was pegged his re-election, Reagan increased The Nikkei average went up to about Bretton Woods agreement nations and that way exercised g r e e n b a c k s f o r g o l d . T h e off Gold standard was to print payroll taxes in 1982 by promising 39,000 in December 1989, but after and Gold standard control over their domestic and Imbalances caused gold to flow out currency inspite of running large Americans that the revenue would the crash it hovered around 15,000 After World War II, US was the foreign policies[4]. Over years the of the US and a loss of confidence in Balance of Payment deficits. It was be used for Social Security trust during the lost decade of the 1990s. sole developed country which did countries destroyed in world war the United States ability to supply done to keep offshoring jobs from fund. However, the rise in payroll In the last several years it has not experience the war fought on its gained their economic footing and gold for all future claims by dollar US to Japan resulting in trade taxes went towards paying for dropped even more, hovering [12] [4] soil. Hence, while the war damaged their economies grew. However, As holders . Finally, in late 1973, the deficits and to lower taxes across the budget deficits from tax cuts enacted around 10,000 . and devasted the economies around a result of ‘Free Trade’ MNCs in US U.S. government decoupled the board resulting in budget deficits. by Reagan. This burdened small Today US is running a great the world, US benefitted from World c o n t i n u e d t o o f f s h o r e value of the dollar from gold Since USD was no longer tied to businesses and entrepreneurs as trade deficit with China. US has War II. Firstly, the war enabled US altogether. This move caused price Gold standard, a lot more USD was self-employment tax jumped as been able to sustain these twin manufacturing jobs to low wage [14] citizens to get employment in countries in Asia[9]. Semiconductor of gold to quickly shoot up to $120 printed in order to sustain the twin much as 66 percent . Reagan’s deficits by printing its currency factories which produced munitions per ounce in the free market. deficits which resulted in rising 1986 tax cuts resulted in wealthiest being a Global Trade currency. [3] jobs were the first wave of jobs to be for their European allies . US got offshored in 1960s to Japan [9]. While decoupling of USD inflation. The unemployment of US faced a 28 percent tax rate, while However, China has expressed paid back from its European allies in from gold allowed US to run more workers due to offshoring of jobs those with lower incomes faced a 33 reluctance in increasing its currency the form of Gold. After becoming Twin Deficits and Decoupling deficits and print its currency to resulted in decrease in domestic percent rate; in addition, the bottom (Yuan) compared to USD after the global locus of Capitalism, US of USD from Gold standard balance those balance of payment consumer demand. Hence, United rate climbed from 11 percent to 15 looking at fate of Japan from Yen was able to dominate the world. US There was a phenomenal d e f i c i t s , i t c o n t i n u e d t h e States economy experienced a percent [14]. This was the beginning of appreciation because of Plaza gold reserves grew from the gold it growth of Japanese exports during government policies of trade and decade of rising unemployment and the untouchable privileged class due Accord in 1985 and resulting [6] received from its European allies . the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning in budget deficits. While USD inflation (known as stagflation) to ‘Crony Capitalism’ and the end of economic crash. While USD has Also US government, under 1960 at US$4.1 billion, Japanese unpegged from Gold standard, it under the Political pressure favored confidence in the American Dream been printing its currency in order to presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, merchandise exports grew at an continued to be a Global Trade stimulus resulting in an expansion of (the idea that wealth and privilege sustain its twin deficits, excess accumulated gold from its domestic average annual rate of 16.9% in the currency. All countries started the money supply to sustain the twin are attainable by anyone who works money printing has also been citizens by making it illegal to 1960s [10]. The growth in Japanese printing their own currencies which deficits[13]. When Ronald Reagan hard). As of today, US have an depreciating the market value of [7] withhold gold . exports was from Japanese resulted in inflation but as a result of came into office in 1981, he annual budget deficit of 400 billion USD in terms of U.S. rate of interest.

44 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 45 Ronald Reagan’s economic advisors As a result of above two government push to increase printing more currency, the wealth have significantly increased supply policies, US became world’s largest productivity and also because of creation increased and so did the of goods into the economy but have withholder of Gold reserves. After growing demand for Japanese economic growth increase. It needs not let the wages of Americans catch the Second World War, a system products as United States and other to be noted that Bretton Woods up with their productivity [5]. Now, similar to a gold standard and foreign markets grew and trade system of Gold standard ushered in a US Fed has played a key role in sometimes described as a "gold barriers in major market countries period of high global growth with continuing this monetary policy. exchange standard" was established were reduced on account of General over 4% annual growth in GDP in As a result of this monetary by the Bretton Woods Agreements Agreement in Tariffs and Trade US, known as the Golden Age of policy, Fed has lured Americans to [8]. Under this system, many (GATT) amongst member nations [9]. Free market Capitalism. However, it borrow money in order to maintain countries fixed their exchange rates Due to price competitiveness of came under pressure due to the an artificially high standard of relative to the U.S. dollar and central Japanese products imported into US inability or unwillingness of US to living. Americans have today banks could exchange their dollar without import duty, US trade maintain effective capital controls mortgaged their houses, mortgaged holdings into gold at the official deficits with Japan started to soar in and due to instabilities related to the their cars and are living on a huge exchange rate ($35 per ounce); this 1960s due to growing year over year central role of the dollar. These pile of consumer debt. The option was not available to firms or trade imbalance. Lyndon B. Johnson instabilities were a result of failure government has so far encouraged individuals. All currencies pegged to enacted across the board income tax of US to trim its twin (trade and Americans to remain indebted by the dollar also had a fixed value in cut by 20% as part of United States budget) deficits which resulted in lowering rate of interest on their terms of gold [8]. Revenue act of 1964 by lowering the gold flowing out of the US and a loss home mortgages. While businesses As US became a Global locus size of the federal budget as John F. of confidence in the United States have been able to reap huge profits, of Capitalism, the Multi- National Kennedy was unable to pass this bill ability to supply gold for all future the consumer debt of Americans has Corporations (MNCs) in US as he did not lower size of federal claims[12]. In order to retain the gold been growing exponentially. influenced ‘Free Trade’ agreements budget[11]. Due to lower revenue standard, US should have restored a promised to revive the US economy and annual trade deficit of 600 Without a rise in demand from between member nations in order earned from income taxes, US balanced economy to have effective from Stagflation by enacting huge billion. increased consumer borrowing, the gain free access to the markets and budget deficit also started to grow as capital controls and eliminated its tax cuts for richest Americans and During the Reagan years, US excess of supply of goods would [9] increase their consumer base . Free a result of revenue act of 1964. budget and trade deficits to stabilize Corporations. trade deficit started to increase at a have remained unsold. Trade implies no import duties These combined deficits resulted in the dollar. These policies are commonly rate not seen in the last 60-70 years. If consumers do not buy imposed on goods imported from Balance of Payment deficits where associated with supply-side The Reagan administration then had m a n u f a c t u r e d g o o d s , t h e Crony Capitalism with USD abroad. Since, USD was Global the net cash inflows were lower than economics, also referred to as to pressure Japan to sign the 1985 manufacturer would have to lay off Trade currency; it needed the the net cash outflows from US as Global Trade Currency trickle-down economics by Plaza Accord to devalue the U.S. employees if his warehouse begins Decoupling USD from Gold Reagan’s political opponents. dollar at the expense of the Japanese [4] countries around the world to have starting from 1960s. In 1971, gold to stock pile inventories . Now, the reserves of USD in form of foreign was re-priced to $38 per ounce, then standard was verily the root cause of However, Reagan’s policies resulted yen in order to increase U.S. exports. question remains that how has US exchange (FOREX). These FOREX again to $42 per ounce in 1973. The growing disparity in US and it also in budget deficit rising from 2.5 As a result of yen’s appreciation, been able to sustain this model for so reserves determined the buying Balance of Payment deficits and t r a n s f o r m e d ‘ F r e e M a r k e t percent of GDP to over 6 percent of Japan experienced an economic long and can US sustain it any resulting depreciation in value of Capitalism’ to ‘Crony Capitalism’. GDP [14]. To reduce budget deficit for crash and lost a decade of growth [4]. longer. power of currencies. US also owned huge FOREX reserves of member USD motivated people to sell their The whole reason USD was pegged his re-election, Reagan increased The Nikkei average went up to about Bretton Woods agreement nations and that way exercised g r e e n b a c k s f o r g o l d . T h e off Gold standard was to print payroll taxes in 1982 by promising 39,000 in December 1989, but after and Gold standard control over their domestic and Imbalances caused gold to flow out currency inspite of running large Americans that the revenue would the crash it hovered around 15,000 After World War II, US was the foreign policies[4]. Over years the of the US and a loss of confidence in Balance of Payment deficits. It was be used for Social Security trust during the lost decade of the 1990s. sole developed country which did countries destroyed in world war the United States ability to supply done to keep offshoring jobs from fund. However, the rise in payroll In the last several years it has not experience the war fought on its gained their economic footing and gold for all future claims by dollar US to Japan resulting in trade taxes went towards paying for dropped even more, hovering [12] [4] soil. Hence, while the war damaged their economies grew. However, As holders . Finally, in late 1973, the deficits and to lower taxes across the budget deficits from tax cuts enacted around 10,000 . and devasted the economies around a result of ‘Free Trade’ MNCs in US U.S. government decoupled the board resulting in budget deficits. by Reagan. This burdened small Today US is running a great the world, US benefitted from World c o n t i n u e d t o o f f s h o r e value of the dollar from gold Since USD was no longer tied to businesses and entrepreneurs as trade deficit with China. US has War II. Firstly, the war enabled US altogether. This move caused price Gold standard, a lot more USD was self-employment tax jumped as been able to sustain these twin manufacturing jobs to low wage [14] citizens to get employment in countries in Asia[9]. Semiconductor of gold to quickly shoot up to $120 printed in order to sustain the twin much as 66 percent . Reagan’s deficits by printing its currency factories which produced munitions per ounce in the free market. deficits which resulted in rising 1986 tax cuts resulted in wealthiest being a Global Trade currency. [3] jobs were the first wave of jobs to be for their European allies . US got offshored in 1960s to Japan [9]. While decoupling of USD inflation. The unemployment of US faced a 28 percent tax rate, while However, China has expressed paid back from its European allies in from gold allowed US to run more workers due to offshoring of jobs those with lower incomes faced a 33 reluctance in increasing its currency the form of Gold. After becoming Twin Deficits and Decoupling deficits and print its currency to resulted in decrease in domestic percent rate; in addition, the bottom (Yuan) compared to USD after the global locus of Capitalism, US of USD from Gold standard balance those balance of payment consumer demand. Hence, United rate climbed from 11 percent to 15 looking at fate of Japan from Yen was able to dominate the world. US There was a phenomenal d e f i c i t s , i t c o n t i n u e d t h e States economy experienced a percent [14]. This was the beginning of appreciation because of Plaza gold reserves grew from the gold it growth of Japanese exports during government policies of trade and decade of rising unemployment and the untouchable privileged class due Accord in 1985 and resulting [6] received from its European allies . the 1960s and 1970s. Beginning in budget deficits. While USD inflation (known as stagflation) to ‘Crony Capitalism’ and the end of economic crash. While USD has Also US government, under 1960 at US$4.1 billion, Japanese unpegged from Gold standard, it under the Political pressure favored confidence in the American Dream been printing its currency in order to presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, merchandise exports grew at an continued to be a Global Trade stimulus resulting in an expansion of (the idea that wealth and privilege sustain its twin deficits, excess accumulated gold from its domestic average annual rate of 16.9% in the currency. All countries started the money supply to sustain the twin are attainable by anyone who works money printing has also been citizens by making it illegal to 1960s [10]. The growth in Japanese printing their own currencies which deficits[13]. When Ronald Reagan hard). As of today, US have an depreciating the market value of [7] withhold gold . exports was from Japanese resulted in inflation but as a result of came into office in 1981, he annual budget deficit of 400 billion USD in terms of U.S. rate of interest.

44 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 45 F e d e r a l O p e n M a r k e t which are also called ‘furloughs’ [15]. needs to retain its status as Global will have to reform its economy to lives of local people. As Local (June 24) Committee (FOMC) makes key While ordinary Americans are Trade currency. In order to avoid restore Gold standard so that people are much better aware of 10. Wikipedia, the free decisions affecting the cost and suffering, bankers are continuing to any Stagflation, economic reforms Government is not able to run any their local problems and can do encyclopedia. Trade policy of Japan availability of money and credit in enjoy their multi-million dollar are needed so that ‘Crony deficits. When a country’s currency much better budgeting for their local 11. Kyle Hall, 2011. The the economy. The panel sets, or sets bonuses [16]. As shown in the Figure 1 Capitalism’ is transferred into a Free is tied to Gold standard, that country communities, it would minimize University of North Carolina at targets for, short-term interest rates, below, it shows a trend of rate of Market system where the Supply cannot print its currency in order to corruption at local level as there Chapel Hill, Dept. of Political which in turn affect interest rates interest on USD over years. With and Demand grows in proportion. sustain its deficits and every time would be more vigilance at local Science - The Revenue Act of 1964- paid by consumers and businesses excess money printing, the US Only when both supply and demand there is a gap between supply and level. This would not just minimize Johnson’s Success, Kennedy’s on various loans. Since the great benchmark Interest rates today are grow in proportion can money demand, local economic reforms the size of local government but also Failure (December 2011) recession of 2007, US Fed has been close to 0% and would reach 0% by supply be increased without running would push the government to reduce the taxes on each and every 12. Wikipedia, the free providing stimulus in form of Jan 2014. either trade or budget deficit while balance the supply with demand. citizen of the country. This would go encyclopedia. Balance of payments still retaining the value of currency. Trade deficits could be eliminated a long way in preserving the local 13. Wikipedia, the free Supply of goods comes from the by imposing import duty of cheap customs and traditions and let 99% encyclopedia. Stagflation productivity of people and demand goods coming into US from Americans live a fulfilling life with 14. Batra Ravi, 2009. Reagan: comes from their real wages[4]. countries with lower value of dignity restoring an All American The Great American Socialist. Hence, when wages catch up with currency by installing fair trade Dream economy. This would be a Truth-out.org (March 20) productivity, consumer demand instead of free trade. At the same balanced economy and would not 15. Wikipedia, the free catches up with Supply. In case of a time, there would be no import duty undergo stagflation inspite of encyclopedia. Budget sequestration centralized economy, wages can for trade with a country which has having a Gold standard. In fact, Gold in 2013 catch up with productivity only near equal value of its monetary standard would force balancing the 16. Butcher Sarah, 2012. 2012 through a progressive tax structure currency. This would preserve supply of goods with their demand bank-by-bank analyst bonuses, like that existed in US during domestic manufacturing jobs from thereby leading to auto-rebalancing courtesy of Dartmouth Partners. presidency of Dwight Eisenhower being offshored. Additionally, of the economy. Morgan Stanley and Barclays look with 92% tax rate on richest Countries which have their like the best payers (3 September) Americans. monetary currency tied to Gold References: 17. Sarkar P.R., 1959. PROUT However, if taxes have to be standard would experience a very 1. Shell Adam, 2013. Calls for in a Nutshell, Ananda Marga Figure 1: The trend shows that US interest rates would hit 0% by end of 2013. correction can't derail mighty bull Source: www.tradingeconomic.com/federalreserve reduced on all Americans, then high demand for their currencies in Publications. economy needs to undergo foreign exchange markets. Hence, market. USA Today.org (May 15). monetary easing called Quantitative Once US interest rates reach 2. Wikipedia, the free wholesome decentralization. Such a All other countries would want to do About the Author Easing (QE) to lure Americans into 0%, USD would have to devalue for decentralized economy would fair trade with US to accumulate e n c y c l o p e d i a . K e y n e s i a n borrowing more and further any more QE. Additionally, reduce tax burden as majority of USD as FOREX. Since there is economics Apek Mulay is a senior failure indebting Americans in order to Government will not be able to lure local taxes would go towards local limited amount of physical Gold 3. Mulay Apek and Ghista analyst at Evan’s Analytical Group revive the economy. This QE Americans into borrowing more to economic development rather than present in this world, the only way to Dhanjoo, 2013. Restoring US (EAG) in Irvine, California. He program has been decreasing the keep sustaining the economy. While going to center and letting the center create infinite wealth is with shared Manufacturing Supply Chain. pursued undergraduate studies in short-term interest rates and hence devaluing USD might be considered allocate the funds to states. As we growth and prosperity. PROUT Electronica.ca research network. electronics engineering at the US consumers have been able to good by proponents of offshoring, have observed that budget deficits based economy shall not just ensure (July 16) University of Mumbai, India and mortgage their cars and their houses U S s h o u l d a l s o t a k e i n t o arise from income disparity and a shared growth and prosperity but it 4. Mulay Apek, 2013. A Failure completed master’s degree at Texas at lowest interest rates. While consideration a combined 5 trillion trade deficits add to the income would also preserve the incentive to Analysis of the U.S. Economy. Tech University, Lubbock. He is lenders have been able to offer lower in FOREX withheld by Russia and disparity, having an economic work hard. As wages catch up with Truth-out.org (March 2). sole author of patent “Surface [4] rates to prospective buyers, the China . Why would US creditors democracy would lead to rational productivity, the consumer 5. Wikipedia, the free Imaging with Materials Identified sustainability of this model is in like China and Russia withhold their distribution of wages in proportion purchasing capacity would be very e n c y c l o p e d i a . S u p p l y - s i d e by Colors” and has chaired technical question as interest rates cannot go combined 5 Trillion USD in FOREX to productivity. This system will still high. Hence, such a progressive economics sessions of the International below 0% and QE is not creating reserves if they notice that USD is preserve incentive for hard work and economic model would not just 6. Wikipedia, the free Symposium for Testing and Failure sufficient number of jobs to trim losing its value? They might lead to sustainable growth without boost Macro-economy but it would encyclopedia. Gold reserve Analysis. He is also a contributor to unemployment in US. With consider dumping their FOREX into running any deficits. Such an elevate the masses from poverty 7. Matt Shipley, 2013. Far the EDFAS international journal and increasing borrowing by consumers, international markets before USD economic system that is based on through Micro-economic growth. worse was done to Americans in has authored several articles on US consumer debt is also rising and so is devalues any further. Such a move economic democracy whereby Economic decentralization is 1933 and it could happen again Economy, Economic Policy the National Debt rising. 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46 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 47 F e d e r a l O p e n M a r k e t which are also called ‘furloughs’ [15]. needs to retain its status as Global will have to reform its economy to lives of local people. As Local (June 24) Committee (FOMC) makes key While ordinary Americans are Trade currency. In order to avoid restore Gold standard so that people are much better aware of 10. Wikipedia, the free decisions affecting the cost and suffering, bankers are continuing to any Stagflation, economic reforms Government is not able to run any their local problems and can do encyclopedia. Trade policy of Japan availability of money and credit in enjoy their multi-million dollar are needed so that ‘Crony deficits. When a country’s currency much better budgeting for their local 11. Kyle Hall, 2011. The the economy. The panel sets, or sets bonuses [16]. As shown in the Figure 1 Capitalism’ is transferred into a Free is tied to Gold standard, that country communities, it would minimize University of North Carolina at targets for, short-term interest rates, below, it shows a trend of rate of Market system where the Supply cannot print its currency in order to corruption at local level as there Chapel Hill, Dept. of Political which in turn affect interest rates interest on USD over years. With and Demand grows in proportion. sustain its deficits and every time would be more vigilance at local Science - The Revenue Act of 1964- paid by consumers and businesses excess money printing, the US Only when both supply and demand there is a gap between supply and level. This would not just minimize Johnson’s Success, Kennedy’s on various loans. Since the great benchmark Interest rates today are grow in proportion can money demand, local economic reforms the size of local government but also Failure (December 2011) recession of 2007, US Fed has been close to 0% and would reach 0% by supply be increased without running would push the government to reduce the taxes on each and every 12. Wikipedia, the free providing stimulus in form of Jan 2014. either trade or budget deficit while balance the supply with demand. citizen of the country. This would go encyclopedia. Balance of payments still retaining the value of currency. Trade deficits could be eliminated a long way in preserving the local 13. Wikipedia, the free Supply of goods comes from the by imposing import duty of cheap customs and traditions and let 99% encyclopedia. Stagflation productivity of people and demand goods coming into US from Americans live a fulfilling life with 14. Batra Ravi, 2009. Reagan: comes from their real wages[4]. countries with lower value of dignity restoring an All American The Great American Socialist. Hence, when wages catch up with currency by installing fair trade Dream economy. This would be a Truth-out.org (March 20) productivity, consumer demand instead of free trade. At the same balanced economy and would not 15. Wikipedia, the free catches up with Supply. In case of a time, there would be no import duty undergo stagflation inspite of encyclopedia. Budget sequestration centralized economy, wages can for trade with a country which has having a Gold standard. In fact, Gold in 2013 catch up with productivity only near equal value of its monetary standard would force balancing the 16. Butcher Sarah, 2012. 2012 through a progressive tax structure currency. This would preserve supply of goods with their demand bank-by-bank analyst bonuses, like that existed in US during domestic manufacturing jobs from thereby leading to auto-rebalancing courtesy of Dartmouth Partners. presidency of Dwight Eisenhower being offshored. Additionally, of the economy. Morgan Stanley and Barclays look with 92% tax rate on richest Countries which have their like the best payers (3 September) Americans. monetary currency tied to Gold References: 17. Sarkar P.R., 1959. PROUT However, if taxes have to be standard would experience a very 1. Shell Adam, 2013. Calls for in a Nutshell, Ananda Marga Figure 1: The trend shows that US interest rates would hit 0% by end of 2013. correction can't derail mighty bull Source: www.tradingeconomic.com/federalreserve reduced on all Americans, then high demand for their currencies in Publications. economy needs to undergo foreign exchange markets. Hence, market. USA Today.org (May 15). monetary easing called Quantitative Once US interest rates reach 2. Wikipedia, the free wholesome decentralization. Such a All other countries would want to do About the Author Easing (QE) to lure Americans into 0%, USD would have to devalue for decentralized economy would fair trade with US to accumulate e n c y c l o p e d i a . K e y n e s i a n borrowing more and further any more QE. Additionally, reduce tax burden as majority of USD as FOREX. Since there is economics Apek Mulay is a senior failure indebting Americans in order to Government will not be able to lure local taxes would go towards local limited amount of physical Gold 3. Mulay Apek and Ghista analyst at Evan’s Analytical Group revive the economy. This QE Americans into borrowing more to economic development rather than present in this world, the only way to Dhanjoo, 2013. Restoring US (EAG) in Irvine, California. He program has been decreasing the keep sustaining the economy. While going to center and letting the center create infinite wealth is with shared Manufacturing Supply Chain. pursued undergraduate studies in short-term interest rates and hence devaluing USD might be considered allocate the funds to states. As we growth and prosperity. PROUT Electronica.ca research network. electronics engineering at the US consumers have been able to good by proponents of offshoring, have observed that budget deficits based economy shall not just ensure (July 16) University of Mumbai, India and mortgage their cars and their houses U S s h o u l d a l s o t a k e i n t o arise from income disparity and a shared growth and prosperity but it 4. Mulay Apek, 2013. A Failure completed master’s degree at Texas at lowest interest rates. While consideration a combined 5 trillion trade deficits add to the income would also preserve the incentive to Analysis of the U.S. Economy. Tech University, Lubbock. 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Wikipedia, the free Symposium for Testing and Failure sufficient number of jobs to trim losing its value? They might lead to sustainable growth without boost Macro-economy but it would encyclopedia. Gold reserve Analysis. He is also a contributor to unemployment in US. With consider dumping their FOREX into running any deficits. Such an elevate the masses from poverty 7. Matt Shipley, 2013. Far the EDFAS international journal and increasing borrowing by consumers, international markets before USD economic system that is based on through Micro-economic growth. worse was done to Americans in has authored several articles on US consumer debt is also rising and so is devalues any further. Such a move economic democracy whereby Economic decentralization is 1933 and it could happen again Economy, Economic Policy the National Debt rising. 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46 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 47 Proutist Bloc India (PBI) Karnatak State Committee Formed Shimoga ( Karnataka) : Proutist Bloc India, Karnatak State Committee has come into existence, thanks to the inspiring and painstaking efforts of its Vice-Chairman ( Incharge, South India ), Janmeji Rao who worked day in and day out to see that the State convention held on the occasion is a resounding success. It was indeed a genuine success and is evident from the formation of the functional State Committee. PBI has thus made breakthrough in the South India where there was no presence of the party – in none of the South Indian states. The state committee is headed by Acharya Anant Ram Bhat, a senior and enlightened Proutist of Karnatak. Bhatji will be assisted by three Vice- Chairmen , and twelve district committee chairmen. Following are the names of the office bearers: Acharya Anant Ram Bhat Chairman Ramchandraji Vice-Chairman ( Mysore division ) Janmeji Rao exhorted the audience to come forward to Narayanacharyaji Vice-Chairman (Bangalore division ) know and embrace Prout which offers solution to all the Siddappaitliji Vice-Chairman (Gulbarga division ) complex socio-economic problems of our society. Vijay Kumar Chairman, Shimoga district He then invited Acharya Ganesh Bhat, Acharya Gopalaiahji Chairman, Bangalore district Santosananda Avadhuta, Acharya Anant Ram Bhat and Ashok Padmanabhji Chairman,Chitradurga district Yadav to speak on Proutistic thoughts and its relevance in Brahamananda Pattar Chairman,Gadag district present context. Maruti Tehsildar Chairman, Bhagalkot district Ganesh Bhat dwelt at length on the decentralised and balanced economy of Prout which is the need of the hour if the Basavraj Bidal Chairman,Dharwad district economic disparity and poverty are to be eradicated and Sriniwasji Chairman, Chamaraja Nagar district hundred percent employment is to be guaranteed to all. Kerojirao Chairman, Ram Nagar district Acharya Santosananda Avadhuta said that present situation A.D.Manjappa Chairman, Davanagara district demands our non-compromising rebellious spirit to confront Ravishankarji Chairman, Mangalore district the evil rulers. It is the dire need of the hour that moralist Nadanaegowda Chairman, Mandya district politicians come forward and bring a clear polarisation Badrinathji Chairman, Chickballapore district between moralist and immoral politicians. This polarisation alone is the answer to the stinking politics of today. Before Janmeji Rao announced the unanimous election of these office bearers, the programme was Acarya Anant Ram Bhat said that Prout guarantees the inaugurated by Acarya Santosananda Avadhuta, National Public Relations Secretary of the party by lighting minimum requirements of life to every body. Besides it also candle, who was present as the central observer to oversee the proceedings. Others who followed him in lighting provides incentive to the meritorious persons by giving them the candle were : special emoluments. Therefore Proutist Economy can Anant Ram Bhat, Ganesh Bhat, Janmeji Rao, Acharya Pavitrananda Avadhuta and T.M.Ashok Yadav. practically solve the problem of poverty and economic deprivation. Ashok Yadav who is the head of Shimoga district unit of Anna Hazare movement, spoke of the need of Prout in present scenario. He said he will offer full fledged cooperation to Proutist movement. Lastly, Acharya Pavitrananda Avadhuta said that spirituality is the base of Prout. Only by following spiritual discipline moralists can be created who will take over the reins of governance and administration. The audience applauded the speech of the speakers and expressed approval of Proutistic views. Janmeji Rao announced that PBI will make all sincere and serious attemp to bring "an era of politics with morality."

48 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 49 Proutist Bloc India (PBI) Karnatak State Committee Formed Shimoga ( Karnataka) : Proutist Bloc India, Karnatak State Committee has come into existence, thanks to the inspiring and painstaking efforts of its Vice-Chairman ( Incharge, South India ), Janmeji Rao who worked day in and day out to see that the State convention held on the occasion is a resounding success. It was indeed a genuine success and is evident from the formation of the functional State Committee. PBI has thus made breakthrough in the South India where there was no presence of the party – in none of the South Indian states. The state committee is headed by Acharya Anant Ram Bhat, a senior and enlightened Proutist of Karnatak. Bhatji will be assisted by three Vice- Chairmen , and twelve district committee chairmen. Following are the names of the office bearers: Acharya Anant Ram Bhat Chairman Ramchandraji Vice-Chairman ( Mysore division ) Janmeji Rao exhorted the audience to come forward to Narayanacharyaji Vice-Chairman (Bangalore division ) know and embrace Prout which offers solution to all the Siddappaitliji Vice-Chairman (Gulbarga division ) complex socio-economic problems of our society. Vijay Kumar Chairman, Shimoga district He then invited Acharya Ganesh Bhat, Acharya Gopalaiahji Chairman, Bangalore district Santosananda Avadhuta, Acharya Anant Ram Bhat and Ashok Padmanabhji Chairman,Chitradurga district Yadav to speak on Proutistic thoughts and its relevance in Brahamananda Pattar Chairman,Gadag district present context. Maruti Tehsildar Chairman, Bhagalkot district Ganesh Bhat dwelt at length on the decentralised and balanced economy of Prout which is the need of the hour if the Basavraj Bidal Chairman,Dharwad district economic disparity and poverty are to be eradicated and Sriniwasji Chairman, Chamaraja Nagar district hundred percent employment is to be guaranteed to all. Kerojirao Chairman, Ram Nagar district Acharya Santosananda Avadhuta said that present situation A.D.Manjappa Chairman, Davanagara district demands our non-compromising rebellious spirit to confront Ravishankarji Chairman, Mangalore district the evil rulers. It is the dire need of the hour that moralist Nadanaegowda Chairman, Mandya district politicians come forward and bring a clear polarisation Badrinathji Chairman, Chickballapore district between moralist and immoral politicians. This polarisation alone is the answer to the stinking politics of today. Before Janmeji Rao announced the unanimous election of these office bearers, the programme was Acarya Anant Ram Bhat said that Prout guarantees the inaugurated by Acarya Santosananda Avadhuta, National Public Relations Secretary of the party by lighting minimum requirements of life to every body. Besides it also candle, who was present as the central observer to oversee the proceedings. Others who followed him in lighting provides incentive to the meritorious persons by giving them the candle were : special emoluments. Therefore Proutist Economy can Anant Ram Bhat, Ganesh Bhat, Janmeji Rao, Acharya Pavitrananda Avadhuta and T.M.Ashok Yadav. practically solve the problem of poverty and economic deprivation. Ashok Yadav who is the head of Shimoga district unit of Anna Hazare movement, spoke of the need of Prout in present scenario. He said he will offer full fledged cooperation to Proutist movement. Lastly, Acharya Pavitrananda Avadhuta said that spirituality is the base of Prout. Only by following spiritual discipline moralists can be created who will take over the reins of governance and administration. The audience applauded the speech of the speakers and expressed approval of Proutistic views. Janmeji Rao announced that PBI will make all sincere and serious attemp to bring "an era of politics with morality."

48 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 49 PBI’s Electoral Campaign for Its Vice-Chairman New Delhi : The national Vice Chairman of Proutist Bloc India (PBI), Baljit Singh Aditya, has declared his strong intentions to present an alternative politics before the population by offering himself as party’s candidate for the forthcoming Delhi Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the month of November 2013. He has already started contacting electorates of his constituency and acquainting them with his Proutistic policies. PBI has also swung into action to support electoral battle of its Vice Chairman. Door to door and lane to lane contact is going on by the supporters of Baljitji. Posters announce a new era in politics. It has given a clarion call to moralists to unite to usher in rule of virtuous and righteous forces. An election management committee with Jitendra Kumar Tiwari as its Chairman, has been formed comprising following members : Ravindra Singh, Rajesh Singh, V.M. Garg, Amitji , Y. B. Singh, Ram Prakash Baisala and Amit Chaudhary. An election manifesto drafting committee has also been formed which includes : Amitabh Kumar Verma (General Secretary, Delhi State), Jitendra Kumar Tiwari, Rajesh Singh, Subhas Chand Tyagi, Pranav Koul and Y.B.Singh. PBI Approaches Election Commission for Allotting Common Symbol to Its Candidates New Delhi : PBI has requested Election Commission of India to allot common symbol to its candidates for the forthcoming assembly elections in Delhi. PBI is a registered unrecognized political party, therefore it has to choose its symbol from a list of free symbols. The party has given a list of ten symbols as its choice. Election Commission will allot any one symbol from amongst these ten . RAWA Assam organises Cultural Competition Renaissance Artists’ and Writers’ Association(RAWA), the cultural wing of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha, organized a cultural competition comprising ART, DANCE and SONG based on Prabhat Samgiita at “PRAGJYOTI” – ITA Centre, Machkhowa, Guwahati, Assam on 7th September, 2013. It was followed by prize distribution ceremony and a colorful cultural programme. It is worthwhile to mention that number of participants was more than 300. The competition started at 10:00 AM and ended in much disciplined manner within the schedule time (at 3:30 PM). More than 700 visitors observed the competition very attentively. Hariprasnna Mahanta, a noted personality-- famous dance guru and renowned religious preacher of Assam, was Chief guest of the program. The judges of Dance competition included Bipul Das and Smt. Anjanamoye Saikia. Avadhutika Ananda Abhisa Acharya and Bhupen Nath were the judges of song competition while the judges of Art competition included Ranjit Dhar. They performed an excellent job and pronounced very judicious judgement. The cultural programme started at 5:15 PM. Renowned singers and dancers who performed included Smt. Sagarika Chowdhury, Smt. Shubhosmita Sarkar, Rajkumar Das, Mrs. Sipra Das, Miss Chandrika Sandilya. They touched the heart of the audience by their melodious voice. The dance session was really a gorgeous affair where Miss Sangiita Devi and Animesh Das did outstanding performance. Audience greatly enjoyed the programme and applauded the performance of the artists.

50 October 2013 | PROUT PROUT | October 2013 PRABHAT SAMGIITA { Song No. 02 } PROUT Cry of the Suffering Humanity Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar Progressive Utilization Theory What is PROUT : PROUT is an acronym for the Progressive Utilization Theory. Conceptualized in 1959 by Indian Philosopher Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, PROUT is a viable alternative to the outmoded capitalist and AA communist socio-economic paradigms. Neither of these approaches has adequately met the physical, mental and spiritual needs of humanity. PROUT seeks a harmonious balance between economic growth, social development and cultural expression. Combining the wisdom of spirituality, the struggle for self-reliance, and the spirit of economic democracy, Proutist intellectuals and activists VibrantVibrant are attempting to create a new civilizational discourse. PROUT news- Fountain magazine aims at conveying comprehensive and visionary goals of PROUT Philosophy. PROUT magazine invites scientists, economists, politicians, artists, intellectuals and others to join us in the creation of a new, spiritually bonded society by propagating and popularising unambiguous elevating MagazineMagazine thoughts. Through Proutistic views and Neo Humanistic analysis, it strives to serve as beacon for the benighted civilization of our times. Main principles of PROUT and Neo-Humanism : Neo-humanism expands the humanistic love for all human beings to include love and respect for all creation - plants, animals and even inanimate objects. Neo-humanism provides a philosophical basis for of Effulgence whichwhich creating a new era of ecological balance, planetary citizenship and cosmic kinship. Basic necessities guaranteed to all : People can not strive toward their highest human aspirations if they are lacking the basic requirements of life. PROUT believes that access to food, shelter, clothing, Informs education and medical care are fundamental human rights which must be Informs guaranteed to all. Balanced economy : Prout advocates regional self-reliance, cooperatively owned and managed businesses, local control of large scale E- GÁN Á-MÁ-R, Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁ-RÁ-----2 key industries, and limits on the individual accumulation of excessive UPALA PATHE--- DI-NE RÁTE--- 2, wealth. BAHE JÁ---I, BAHE JÁI BÁNDHANA HÁRÁ---- && Women's Right : PROUT encourages the struggle against all Á-LOR JHARŃÁ- DHÁ-RÁ----- forms of violence and exploitation used to suppress women. PROUT's E- GÁN Á-MÁ-R Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁRÁ----2 This song of mine is a fountain of effulgence. On a rocky path, day and night, goal is coordinated cooperation, with equal rights between men and E- PATH Á-MÁR BANDHURA KANT́AKA BHA-RÁ----- I keep on flowing, heedless of all barriers. women. UTSA HOTE---PRÁŃERA SHROTE--- 2, BHEUNGE JÁ---I BHENGE JÁI PÁŚÁŃA KÁRÁ---, This path of mine is rugged and full of thorns. Cultural Diversity : In the spirit of universal fellowship PROUT Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁ-RÁ----- Gushing forth in the flow of life, destroying - encourages the protection and cultivation of local culture, language, E- GÁN Á-MÁ-R Á-LOR JHARAŃÁ- DHÁRÁ----2 Destroying stone dungeons. InspiresInspires history and tradition. This song of mine is a fountain of light. World Government : PROUT supports the creation of world government with a global constitution and a common penal code. (Translated from Bengali original)

For both civilization and science, intellectual knowledge is indispensable. Purport: For those who move along the path of greatness and magnanimity, so much meanness and littleness stands as insurmountable obstacles. They know this and their song is like a fountain of divine effulgence – it is not a materialistic song. Their song does not move along a smooth road. In their path there are so many thorns, so Spiritual or intuitional development is possible through the happy blending many ups and downs – just like a fountain which flows along various rapids and finally merges into the sea, they recognize no barrier, saying – “We will move on and on, with all our innate vitality, ever breaking all the iron between civilization and science. - Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar prison walls around us.” Presentation by Nada Khader, Economic Democracy Conference, M a d i s o n , W i s c o n s i n , O c t o b e r 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 Nada Khader has been executive director of WESPAC Foundation, a peace and justice action network, since 2001. She has represented the US Palestinian Community Network at the US Social Forum national planning meetings, is a member of the steering committee of the United National Anti-War Coalition, and is a board member of United for a Fair Economy.

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Morality is the demand of the day. ETERNAL SONG OF 'Prout' - the cry of the suffering humanity. Wise you be, may not or may, If sincere, success a certainty. The Proutists Fee fy fo fum. - Shrii P.R. Sarkar Expel the demons from physical stratum. Fee fy fo fum. SADVIPRA Expel the exploiters from economic stratum. Fee fy fo fum. Expel the brutes from psychic stratum. The key to solution Fee fy fo fum. of all the problems Expel the parasites from spiritual stratum. Human body is to serve one and all, of the world. Human mind to attend Cosmic Call, Human spirit at the altar Supreme, Surrender and be Supreme. Read the epoch making concept of leadership Join PBI for a Poverty-Free by Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar and Crime-Free India in the book. Our dear country India--rich in its cultural and spiritual heritage--is passing through all round crises today. There is horrible poverty everywhere, purchasing power of common man is on continual decline, corruption always raises its ugly head. No political party, nor a political leader, has proved equal to the challenging task Sadvipra Revolution before the nation. Consequently crisis is deepening, and the soul of humanity here is profusely bleeding. Indian Price : Rs. 80/- only In this deep crisis of national disaster on all fronts, Overseas Price : USD $12 only Proutist Bloc India has appeared on the political scene to (Shipping and Handling Charges Extra) rid country of the dragon of immorality, poverty and exploitation. Payment Options I appeal everybody to enrol themselves as a member of For your copy, contact Money or cheque to be deposited directly in this party and strengthen the power of moralist forces. any branch of State Bank of India in the name of Your inspired cooperation is a must for the success of this Neo-Humanist Education Foundation, Editor - PROUT moralist political movement. Saving A/c No. 30379188250 Subhas Chand Tyagi Contact No.: 09212199658 Chairman, Proutist Bloc India Come One Come All Email: [email protected] Pay online through Paypal using mail ID : [email protected] website :www.pbi.co.in