Sudarshan Iyengar

Sudarshan Iyengar

About Sudarshan Iyengar

The writer is a noted Gandhian economist and the former vice chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, a university founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.

More From Sudarshan Iyengar

Lessons From the Past: What India's Opposition and Youth can Learn From Gandhi and JP Movements

The young need not become another opposition. They could become an independent democratic force that questions every government but belongs to none; that protests when necessary but constructs continuously; that demands accountability from institutions while practising accountability itself. 

Can India's Election Commission Pass the Gandhian Test of Public Integrity?

The Election Commission belongs neither to the government of the day nor to the Opposition. It belongs to the people of India. Its first duty is to protect the citizens' vote. That is the standard by which the CEC, the two ECs should be examined. 

Students Must Study; But They Must Also Ask Questions and not Ignore Injustice

When the university community itself has not succeeded in resolving many serious problems confronting higher education, on what moral basis should students simply be asked to remain silent and trust the system?

Understanding the road from Gujarat to India

If people don’t act now, ‘Akhand Bharat' will move toward balkanization because a modern secular State with freedom, justice, equity, and fraternity is under threat

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