Search for alternative development path: Relevance of Gandhian thought
Frequency of extreme weather events has been increasing. Ferocious cyclones, severe droughts and floods, wild fires, melting glaciers and polar ice caps are reported all too frequently. The world needs to consider an alternative development path and Gandhi can be one starting point.
Arun Kumar is a Retired Professor of Economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is the author of ‘Indian Economy’s Greatest Crisis: Impact of the Coronavirus and the Road Ahead’. 2020. And, Indian Economy since Independence: Persisting Colonial Disruption. 2013. He blogs at http://arunkumarjnu.blogspot.com/.