The Scientific Enquiry

  CHANGES THAT WILL CHANGE INDIA Published originally in the all India monthly journal Drishti in May 2016: https://www.drishtiias.com/pdf/changes-that-will-change-india.pdf At the stroke of midnight hour August 15,  1947  India did not rise to life and freedom. When our leaders self-congratulated themselves to have achieved ‘freedom’, nothing significant had changed at  grass roots , except that browns had replaced whites. The landless  labour  working in mines continued his deplorable life under dominant caste contractors, the life of peasant drenched in sweat under the scorching sun reeled in misery as land reform failed miserably, and the  stig-ma  of pollution still belonged to untouchables as Puranic literature ruled the hearts of ‘Independent Indians’. The only thing that had changed after independence was that we got a dream. A dream of an egalitarian society guaranteeing social justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity to all its citizens. With the goal well laid out, it was