A GANDHIAN AGENDA...

 

A Gandhian Agenda for a Global Union of Village Republics :


On the occassion of Gandhi Jayanthi,I would like to share some excellant thoughts & dreams of Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi,Father of our Nation & one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism.



Today, majority of the people live in misery fighting for survival. Hunger, Ignorance and Disease still remain the major problems. All pervasive corruption, aggravated by the use of money and muscle power by the political parties to win elections, has been worsening the situation.


The growing divide between the super rich and the down-trodden has given an impetus to extremism. Terrorism stalks the countries of the world. Added to this, global warming is pushing the world toward annihilation. To retrieve the world from the brink of disaster, a global effort is urgently needed.


The system needs to be overhauled and a new leadership committed to Gandhian ideology must take over the reins of governance. Nations should come together to create a Global Union of Village Republics.


Gandhi's vision of Indian was a `Union of Village Republics' where each of the 700, 000 villages would have an elected panchayat (village council), fully autonomous with all the powers to govern itself. Unfortunately, his concept of a vibrant democracy based on Village Swaraj (self-government) was ignored in the Indian Constitution. Instead, the Westminister model of parliamentary democracy dominated by political parties was adopted. This has taken India along the path of peril, far removed from the Gandhian path of peace and prosperity.


Mahatma Gandhi evolved his concept of Union of Village Republics his thoughts were focused on India's freedom from the British rule. But all through his writings he had kept in mind peace, security and welfare of the people of the whole world.


In the Global Union world Nations would voluntarily become members, much like the United Nations and the European Union, but the authority to enforce universal peace and security vested with a democratically constituted apex body. An elected Government equipped with a peace force would over-ride narrow national interests and establish a new world of peace and prosperity.


It would be a world without conflict, nations without borders and people committed to Truth and non-violence.


With this objective in view a Charter has been drafted to create a new Global Union empowered to enforce laws enacted by a world assembly or parliament.



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