Swadeshi 2.0 Path to Revival in Postcovid World

Nearly a century ago leaders of the Indian freedomstruggle ignited the swadeshi movement to uproot the British

empire economically in their own words Buydesi discardvideshi Now in the middle of the middle of Covid19pandemic India is standing at a crossroads If itcan adopt and revive the Swadeshi movement it haspotential to become the next 1991 moment

Genesis of Swadeshi movement happened after the infamous

Bengal partition In a sign of protest on the callof Indianleaders people boycotted foreign goods to hurt the Britishregimeeconomically Foreign clothes products were burned atcrossroads an emphasis was given to adopt the IndianKhadi products The movement proved to an effective tool forunifying Indian people against Britain Swadeshi was later adopted

by Mahatma Gandhi and was one of the key focus

in his SwarajFast forward to 21st century the world

is now a globalised single interdependent economic entityIndia is 5th largest economy but still muchof the wealth

profit is going outside of it Almost every major sector

of the market is dominated by foreign establishments

o the m Kd is dominated by foray esablis IsThis is the new colonisation and China is fast emergingto be the new Britain It has dominated the world'sproduction dubbing it to be the world's factory

But the avid 19 pandemic has emerged as thegreat leveler all the great economies of the world includingChina have now grind to a halt This is the goldenopportunity for India to seize No country can rise to

the top without becoming self reliant That'swhy its the perfecttime to revive the Swadeshi movement Indian economy can

thrive with a revived focus on its indigenous products

The billion plus population is a self sustaining consumer

producer if the wealth will stay inside our bordersour consumer will get better services our producers will

get more capital this cycle will elevate the economyand we can get back on our feet faster if thismovement can gain ground in due time Indian producers

exports will swell and we can dominate global supply demands

Thus in contemporary globalised times no county can

rise on the economic ladder by importing more

producingless India is no different Modern day colonisationdoesn't come in red coats naval ships it comes inthe form of a foreign chequebook and acquisitionswhose onslaught can't be sustained by our local producers

g lOn the other side of this pandemic Indian can haveits economic rebirth we have enough resources and morethan enough manpower to turn the tides in our favourand become the next world's factory reincarnateour Swadeshi 2.0