CPC, a new INC and RSS, were all born within five years of each other

Efficiency and equity in a political system cannot be simultaneously achieved in the short run, writes TCA Srinivasa Raghavan.

The five years from 1920 to 1925 were extraordinary for the people of India and China who, together, number nearly 3 billion now. World population is just over 7 billion. 

The currently mighty Communist Party of China (CPC) was born on this day, July 1, 100 years ago.

On 4 September 1920, Gandhi ji announced the non-cooperation movement and a brand new Indian National Congress (INC) was born.  

And, on 27 September 1925, exactly five years later, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was formed, not as a political organisation but as purely a Hindu cultural renaissance body. The collateral objective