Hierarchy, Equality and Liberation

What are the prospects of liberation for the poor in our country? By ‘liberation’ I do not mean the release of an individual from the cycle of karma and samsara, of birth and rebirth, but rather freedom from injustice and oppression, poverty and inequality, so that every Indian can live with others with a sense of dignity and self-worth. It is the sort of freedom which Tagore dreamed about in his immortal poem, “Into that heaven of freedom...” and that which is envisaged for our society in the Constitution of India.