Written by a lecturer and Vice-Chancellor of Nagpur University, this book is a collection of speeches made by him during his tenure as Vice-Chancellor from 1989-1991. On reading his speeches, one can see his deep concern that despite propagating economic equality, poverty alleviation, equal opportunities to all, equal distribution of material wealth, etc, the country is full of suffering millions and is witness to constant fights for economic and social survival, centralisation of wealth in the hands of a few privileged ones, unending gap between the ?haves? and ?have-nots?. It was a good thing that he gave a number of talks in educational institutions in the hope that the youth, the future leaders of tomorrow, would work towards securing and providing equal opportunities to survive and excel.
In one of his lectures, Dr Bokare talks of the widening gap between natural laws and man-made laws. He feels that natural laws are being made irrelevant by a ?few of the majority of people on this planet. Those who are following the natural laws are being subjected to suffering under the weight of man-made laws. This is what is causing a terrible imbalance, agitation and frustration between human societies.? He laments that despite technology possessing the capacity to provide abundantly to the economy, technological developments are not being used for the welfare of the masses but for the self-interests of those who invent it. He says that the intellectual property right (IPR) is being widely propagated in order to ?keep the benefits reserved for a few privileged people of the society.? He seems greatly disturbed at the rising trend to bring more ideas of new products under the controls of IPR, ?thereby preventing the entire society from the thinking process.? As a result the entire population is being converted into an intellectually ?slave society?. This monopolisation of knowledge is adversely affecting the future of the society and its people across the world.
He, thus, emphasises that man-made monopoly laws have been holding back the progress of the human society besides dividing the society in many groups and diminishing the natural wealth at a faster rate than its replenishment.
In the end, he wanted establishment of a new civilisation with the following characteristics:
