Tryst with Destiny

On 14 August 1974 , Nehru had declared : ” Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step , in opening of opportunity, to the great triumphs and achievements that await us. ”

Nehru’s leadership was insightful in that he had set up an agenda for independent India . Things have certainly moved since then . There has been economic advancement in several fields such as computer software production and information technology . However, much remains to be done . Poverty is still rampant in India and there has been sluggish progress in elementary education, health care, land reform and environmental protection .

What needs to be appreciated is the fact that Nehru had been able to identify visionary criteria by which the successes and failures of India’s achievement could be judged .

Freedoms are , thus among the principal means as well as the primary ends of development . This freedom – centred view with its conceptual underpinnings related to Nehru’s stirring public speech on the eve of independence , provides an enlightening perspective   on the challenges facing any society, including India . This perspective remains deeply relevant in the formulation of the ends and means of development in contemporary India .

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