Never should we be <br />Aiming at increasing <br />Only growth of GDP <br />Of crude modernity <br />Instead we should be <br />Ensuring stability <br />Ensuring sustainability <br />(Sustainability of development) . <br /> <br />Never should we be <br />Advancing acts that grow <br />Superfluity <br />Economic tyranny <br />Instead we should be <br />Reducing poverty <br />Ensuring sufficiency <br />(Sufficiency for all) . <br /> <br />Never should we be <br />Creating just temples <br />Of mere charity <br />Of blind philanthropy <br />Instead we should be <br />Building equality <br />Creating opportunity <br />(Opportunities for work) . <br /> <br />Never should we be <br />Ignoring the rural <br />Farming is primary <br />Only next is industry <br />Therefore we should be <br />Agri-centered mainly <br />Despite all technology <br />(Technology should be humane) . <br /> <br />Never should we see <br />Much devalued human capital <br />As being just secondary <br />To the worthiness of money <br />Instead we should be <br />Mobilizing it wisely <br />Investing in humanity <br />(Humanity yields prosperity) <br /> <br />Never should we see <br />Waste as mere waste <br />It has its utility <br />Duty and beauty <br />Therefore we should be <br />Harnessing them safely <br />Saving even ecology <br />(Ecology is our breath itself) . <br /> <br />Never should we see <br />These as mere principles <br />‘Anandwan’ is testimony <br />Of this wise reality <br />Therefore we should be <br />Applying them universally <br />To build a progressive economy <br />(Economy should mean social justice) .<br /><br />Kannan G<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/r-baba-amte-2008-baba-amte-s-principles-of-economics/
