From Sohail Inayatullah's Situating Sarkar: Tantra, Macrohistory and Alternative Futures (Gurukul Publications 1999).
Finding Sarkar’s works exemplary because of his ability to resolve classical economic, epistemological and social contradictions, in this essay, we locate the works of P.R. Sarkar within a range of discursive schemes, and, at the same time, I attempt to reveal the problems that are inherent in …
By Johan Galtung, dr hc mult, Professor of Peace Studies; Universitaet Witten/Herdecke, European Peace University, Universitetet i Tromsø; Director, TRANSCEND: A Peace Network
We are honoring a great thinker and a great practitioner. I have chosen to honor him as a great macro-historian, focusing on his theory of social cycles and their implications for …
The below talk was given by PROUT founder Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar on the 10th anniversary of his release from jail. The picture of Sarkar (left) was taken at the occasion of him giving his first discourse to his followers after he was released on August 2, 1978. The photo was taken by a journalist of Stern (Germany) and …
P.R. Sarkar
It is not proper that one person will snatch away the morsels of food from the mouths of others. So there has been a need to introduce a system where all human beings would distribute the entire wealth among the collective body in a collective way. Unfortunately, no great person ever did this in the past, nor did …
Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar was a philosopher, social reformer, and spiritual teacher dedicated to the task of planetary transformation. Through his actions and teachings he inspired people to develop themselves to their fullest, and to assume greater responsibility for humanity’s welfare.
Sarkar was a renaissance man, multi-faceted in his talents. His diverse achievements invite comparisons with a wide range of …
The central message of PROUT is that it must free human beings from mundane problems so that all will have increasing opportunities for intellectual and spiritual liberation. Shortly before his departure Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar observed, "Economics today is a theoretical extravaganza. It should be made more practical." He was of the view that economics must be a precise, practical …
It is a tragic order of nature that whenever a great leader comes to serve human society then and there he is opposed, criticized, humiliated, tortured, arrested, convicted and even put to death. P.R. Sarkar was not spared either but had to face the onslaught stages against him by vested interests.
Sarkar became controversial and the target of attacks from …