Times are worrying, and they demand worry. Internationalism, or at least its façade, is fast receding from the world; the UN looks increasingly defunct, and the WTO is toothless. Concerns for the global commons, existential threats to humanity, terrorism, and now cybercrime have all been pushed to the back burner. Citizens everywhere are more vulnerable today than in the recent past.
Instead, what is pushing forward are the crass imperial campaigns of the powers that be. These are now conducted openly, stripped of their old moral and diplomatic covers. The irony is that the former global imperial powers are themselves now at the receiving end of these new pressures, squeezed from both sides of their geography.We Indians, each of us, must recognise the scale of these emerging threats. The moment demands far stronger unity and purpose, infused with rationalism in both thought and action. We must compete for organisational efficiency in every domain of the public and private sectors so as to gain an edge over other powers, and we must invest in research and development not only in technology but across all walks of life, for instance, in the reconstruction of our own society.
India, as the lone continuing civilisation that has consistently upheld the finer human values, bears a greater responsibility to humanity: to defend and promote democratic ideals in the world. For that too, national strength is the basic need.
Niraj Kumar Jha
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