Hearts In, Brains Out

"The Congress has won political freedom, but it has yet to win economic freedom, social and moral freedoms. These freedoms are harder than the political, if only because they are constructive, less exciting and not spectacular", wrote Mahatma Gandhi on 27th January 1948, just 3 days before his martyrdom. This is the unfinished task entrusted to posterity by those who sacrificed their lives for the political freedom of India. It is the divine mission of the era that is to be fulfilled by the present and coming generations. I have consecrated my 'second life' to this much-needed Second Freedom Struggle of India. Economic freedom for more than 30 % of the 1100 million population of India begins with freedom from the pangs of hunger. Freedom from the clutches of the de-humanising caste system is the basis of India's social freedom. Moral freedom for India begins with freedom from the all-pervasive corruption in Government. Thus, 'hunger-free, caste-free and corruption-free India' has to be and is adopted as the motto and common minimum goal of the Second Freedom Struggle of India initiated on 30th January 2008. Hunger, caste and corruption together constitute an evil trinity. They form one formidable common enemy of India today. Hence they are to be fought with all our hearts, all our minds, all our strengths and all over souls put together. The real crises facing India today are not political and economic, but moral and spiritual. A moral regeneration and spiritual revitalisation of India has become the crying need of the era. The root causes of hunger, caste and corruption can be found within our own hearts and minds. Hence, lasting solutions to these problems are to be found within us. The greatest of wars are fought not in the battlefields of the world, but in the hearts and minds of men. It is in the hearts and minds of Indians the 'Second Freedom Struggle' must find its first practical expression.