Mohan-Mala - Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan-MalaAugust 30America is the most industrialized country in the world and yet it has notbanished poverty and degradation. That was because it neglected the universalman-power and concentrated power in the hands of the few who amassedfortunes at the expense of the many. The result is that its industrialization hasbecome a menace to its own poor and to the rest of the world.H, 9 March 1947August 31If India was to escape such a disaster, it had to imitate what was best inAmerica and other western countries and leave aside its attractive looking butdestructive economic policies. Therefore, real planning consisted in the bestutilization of the whole manpower of India and the distribution of the rawproducts of India in her numerous villages instead of sending them outside andre-buying finished articles at fabulous prices.H, 23 March 1947www.mkgandhi.org Page 66