Redistribution in India

Capitalism has survived the crisis. Indeed so in India, where big financial players reinforced the belief in their own power and the working class suffered the worst consequences. For the lack of basic heath and welfare, India lags behind other developing countries. The need to reconcile economic growth with the need of redistributing social risk made Sunil Khilnani call for the establishment of Indian social democracy.

No particular political party or sector of society seems to offer a viable solution to the distribution problem. The left is "worn out", the corporate sector cannot provide any significant contributions with its charity campaigns and the governmental attempts usually benefit selected groups, which reproduces the colonial pattern  of give-outs. As in became clear from a speech of Khilnani on 15th of April in Berlin, the young generation seems self-oriented, aiming at raising their own standard, with little regard for the less-privileged groups of their nation. The simple solution, which needs to be implemented is the guarantee of minimal universal provisions for all Indians. How it will happen and who will bring it forward is though still unclear.