Forum January 27 1952

There can be no doubt as to the ultimate prosperity of India but to bring about that day of happiness is the concern of the Government and the people alike. [...] On India becoming free those who inheri:ed power in the name of the people from the outgoini British drafted a Constitutior and it became the law.of the land With the Republican Constitu tion the country has accepte. [...] And that the operation of the economic system should not result in the concetration of wealth and of the means of production in a manner detrmental to the common good. [...] Though 80 of the private held shares of the Bank are owned by Indians the Directorate of the Bank is composed of equal nuber of members of the British and Indian directors with two reprsentatives of the Government of India. [...] Yet more tragic was the failure to rouse patriotic enthusiasm amongst the army of Government servants to organise great energy and sincerity of the millions of youth in this nation-building and to identify masses with the huge A review of the problems of the year 1951 by our Correpondent from the Capital.—Ed.