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Lohia: Democracy
—Sanjay Kumar
Ram Manohar Lohia believed that self-realization, self-development or complete development of personality was possible in an atmosphere of freedom. Therefore, liberty was the necessary condition for the attainment of human awareness or self-realization. Furthermore, the enjoyment of freedom was possible only in an atmosphere of equality. Therefore, liberty was inseparable from equality. Liberty and equality were two sides of the same coin. The existence of one was impossible without the other. A society in which men were given an equal opportunity of self-realization was also a society where there was liberty. Moreover, the fulfilment of equality was possible only under the state. The present study is an attempt ...
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