India, March 1 -- "Sampoorna Kranti is not just a change of government; it is a change of society." - Jayaprakash Narayan, Bharat Ratna

The UN designated World Social Justice Day to be observed every year on 20th February since 2009. However, in 1974, in India, her leaders were way ahead in trying to achieve social justice with Jayaprakash Narayan's call for Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution). Unlike the world, the call for social justice in India was never born in seminar rooms or government files, it rose from hunger marches, prison cells, student barricades, and the unified moral thunder of people who believed that democracy meant dignity, a voice, and bread for every citizen. From JP's 'Lokneeti' to the restless socialist politics o...