NE LITERATURE BUREAU
CHENNAI, DEC 16
Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group took part in the fully-packed panel discussion on the book ‘Towards A Free Economy : Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India’ penned by Aditya Balasubramanian, Senior Lecturer, Australian National University in Chennai recently.
- Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group takes part in the discussion on the book ‘Towards A Free Economy: Swatantra and Oppn Politics in Democratic India’
Others who took part in the discussion are Ireena Vittal, Management Consultant; A R Venkatachalapathy, Historian and Writer; Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Group; Meera Balasubramanian, author’s mother.
Srinath Raghavan, Historian and Academic moderated the panel discussion held at the Madras Institute of Economics.
Author and Senior Lecturer, Australian National University, Aditya Balasubramanian said that the history of Swatantra party, founded by one of Congress’ well-known leaders C. Rajagopalachari, will reiterate the importance of a strong Opposition in society.
It has lessons on using institutions of the government to keep a check on excesses of power, provide ideological diversity, and communicate and educate the public in a didactic sense.
At a time when we are facing a trend, over the last decade, of substantial centralisation of power, it can offer a perspective on decentralisation and governance.
