To sum up, there is no primrose path to social justice. We have to opt for a more nuanced and effective approach and follow it up patiently and faithfully after mobilising all the financial, material and human resources needed for the purpose. I am sure that if this is done we will, in 15 years, be socially and economically a more egalitarian society — and one that is committed to standards of excellence in every field.
The writer is a former director of the Institute of Rural Management, Anandsinghkatar@gmail.com