द इण्डियन स्ट्रगल / भारतीय स्वाधीनता संग्राम (नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस - ऐतिहासिक विश्लेषण)

342 THE INDIAN STRUGGLE
few can retain their hold over the general public, only if they
can do something for the betterment of the entire community.
That will not be possible, since no power will be actually
transferred to the people. When the different communities
realise that their representatives are not able to do anything
for them, they will cease taking any interest in the Legislatures
and popular discontent against the Constitution will begin
to grow. This discontent will be further augmented by the
economic crisis in India—and even if an improvement takes
place in Great Britain or in any other country, it will not
have any repercussions in India. The Indian economic crisis
is only partly an effect of the world crisis. It is also an indepen-
dent phenomenon, being due to a large extent to exploitation
of India's resources and of the Indian market by foreign, and
especially British industries and also to her inability to
modernise her industrial system, in order to cope with foreign
competition. An improvement in the Indian economic
situation will necessitate, therefore, not only an improvement
in the world economic situation, but also a modernisation of
India's industrial system.
There are other reasons why the help of the Indian
minority communities will not be of much avail to Great
Britain. Firstly, among the Moslems there is a large and
influential section who are Nationalists and who are as
anti-Government as the Nationalist Hindus. Their influence
is not likely to suffer eclipse, but will probably increase in the
days to come. Secondly, among the Depressed Classes, the
majority even to-day are supporters of the Congress. The
Congress propaganda to abolish untouchability altogether
will certainly bring more members of the Depressed Classes
into the fold of the Congress. Thirdly, the Indian Christian
community can no longer be labelled as pro-Government.
In their annual conferences they have repeatedly condemned
separate electorate and advocated joint electorate. In recent
years there has been a remarkable change of feeling among the
younger generation of Indian Christians. On the religious
side they have begun to resent the domination of European
Christians and they demand a national church for themselves.
On the political side, the younger generation of Indian Chris-