Reforming India
© Prakash J. Mascarenhas, Bombay. India.
The Indian System is corrupt, but it is not merely corrupt, but it is corrupt because of its Intrinsic Defectiveness. That is, it is built on false premises.
It needs reforms: Not only Political, but also Structural, Social, Cultural, Economic, etc.
The only way that the Reform Process can truly catch on is when all or most recognize this basic fact:
That India's very system is irreformably corrupt, and that the system cannot be recovered, but must be jettisoned and replaced by another.
In my estimation, these are the basic and most necessary reforms:
- The first and most important reform is the recognition and incorporation in law of the principal rights of a nation and its members by birth and by the due process of assimilation, in its own ethnic territory. That is, every nation must be, as far as that is possible, constituted into its own province; that its national language must have pre-eminence in its national homeland; that it must have the right to regulate the entry and settling of aliens, and their purchase of properties, etc.
- Real Democracy: All powers must be Vested and Exercised only and only by Elected Officials and not by Bureaucrats. Not only does the position of the Provincial Governor needs to be abolished, but also those of the District Collectors and Magistrates, the Municipal Commissioner, the Police Commissioner, the Block Officer, etc. and replaced by Elected Officers: the Prefect instead of the District Collector and Magistrate, the Mayor instead of the Municipal Commissioner, the Sheriff instead of the Police Commissioner, etc. Also, the commissioners must have complete authority over sub-ordinate, assistory staff, such as the various Secretaries, etc., including the right to hire and the right to suspend and dismiss after due process.