Subramanian Swamy – författare

In this book the author has developed the concept of the Indian mindset required for India to modernize as an innovative global economy cum military power that matches the requirements of playing a role on the global scene. For this purpose, he advocates a new ideology of the modern right which is based on the concept of a national identity rooted in Hindutva; and which identity defining characteristic is culled from a clear perception of the correct history of India. He says that such an ideology of India's modern right is based on India's constitutional framework, modern Hindutva, and ancient Hindu values for governance principles.

In 1970, at the request of a few Jan Sangh leaders including Nanaji Deshmukh and JagannathraoJoshi, Subramanian Swamy prepared and presented a Swadeshi Plan. The monograph vociferouslydemanded that socialism be sacrificed for a competitive market economic system, so India cangrow at 10 per cent per year, achieve self-reliance, full employment and produce nuclear weaponry.The then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi denounced the plan as dangerous.Fifty years later, Swamy redefines his path-breaking ideas on India-specific economic developmentin his seminal work, Reset. It undertakes a nuanced analysis of the manner in which the highlyprosperous Indian economy witnessed a long, accelerated decline due to persistent British imperialistaggression, and compares the distinctive manner in which Asian giants-India and China-sufferedat the hands of imperialism. He critically analyses the highs and lows of the Nehruvian model ofcentralized economic planning borrowed from the Soviet Union, and the debilitating circumstancesthat impelled him, as Commerce Minister in Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar's government, todraw up a blueprint for economic reforms.