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Our
membership now consists of 100 committed liberals from different walks of
life. Our tribe is increasing day by day and the membership is by
invitation only. It is hoped that very soon our number will go up to 250.
Prof: Babu Joseph who has been making a relentless crusade for the cause
of classical liberalism during the last 35 yrs is presently heading the
movement. Attached you will find some background information about him.
Prof:
Babu Joseph can look back on a life of varied achievements. He
started off his political career as a student leader by being an active
participant in the liberation struggle waged against the 1st
communist ministry in kerala and was courted arrest. To start with, he was
a Nehruvian socialist of the Fabian type. But very soon he got
disillusioned with the centralized planning policies of the Soviet type
followed by Jawahar Lal Nehru the 1st Prime Minister of India and came in
to direct contact with Indian Liberals like Rajaji and Minoo Masani and they by
sensing his political acumen and organizational abilities drafted him
the National Executive of the Swatantra party the then Liberal party of
India. Probably he was the youngest member of that group and he used that
opportunity to organize young liberals in India. In 1973 his essay on
“Internal and External Menaces to liberal democratic countries of the
world was adjudged the best by the Liberal International, London and he
was invited to participate in the School for Freedom conference held in
Berlin in 1974. In that connection he established close contacts with
liberal leaders else where in the world. On his return he joined a college
as a professor of commerce and he continued in that capacity for 22 yrs
and became its youngest principal for 10 yrs. He was instrumental in
converting his college in to a community college, the 1st of
its kind in kerala. He
has authored several books and his book on “Failure of Marxism and
victory of Jesus” was acclaimed one of the best to counter the arguments
of Liberation Theologians. He
has traveled widely and his doctoral thesis is on “Incipient Sickness of
Small Scale Industries in Kerala”. His wife Prof: Laila Joseph is a
professor of Sociology and his eldest daughter Priyanka Anna Joseph is
pursuing her Masters in Electrical Engineering in the Wright State
University, Ohio, United States and 2nd daughter Athira Anna
Joseph is doing her Bachelors in Business Studies. Prof: Joseph and his team of liberals are committed to the cause of liberalism and its advancement in his home state, kerala and he dreams that it will become a force to be reckoned with during his lifetime. |