The Doctrine of "Ati Bhakti."

COMMENTING on the frequent attack made by certain Anglo-Indian critics on the educated classes of India who are vilified as not caring a bit for the great illiterate and voiceless masses, the New Times, Karachi, says that there is a sudden manifestation of Ati Bhakti or excessive devotion to the Indian masses exhibited by these critics. And yet it is the maligned educated Indian who invariably fights for the masses in the Councils and on platform when he pleads for a permanent or long-term settlement of land of taxes, for compulsory free education, for industrial expansion and equal opportunities to all. What have the Ati Bhaktas done in the same line? Another Anglo-Indian writer says that as the Indian masses are illiterate, no democratic rule can be established in India, though he admits that illiterate leaders in villages have formed very efficient Punchayats and deserve local powers.