Gandhi on relationship between religion and politics

MPSE-004: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN INDIA

Course Code: MPSE-004

Assignment Code: ASST/MPSE-004//2016-17

Total Marks: 100

(b) Gandhi on relationship between religion and politics.

Ans. Relationship Between Religion and Politics: Gandhi saw an intimate relationship between religion and politics. He called for the reinsertion of religion in shaping public life. Concept of Religion: Gandhi believed all great religions of the world were at the bottom one and were all helpful to one another. He compared religions with minds. Each mind, he said, had a different conception of God from that of the other. All the same they pursue the same God. He insisted that religion be differentiated from ethics. Fundamental ethical precepts are common across religions although religions may differ from each other with respect to their beliefs and practices.

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Jaipal Singh and the Adivasi Identity

MPSE-004: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN INDIA

Course Code: MPSE-004

Assignment Code: ASST/MPSE-004//2016-17

Total Marks: 100

Q. 7 (a) Jaipal Singh and the Adivasi Identity.

Ans. Championing Adivasi Identity: Jaipal raised the issue of Adivasi identity in the Constituent Assembly.The dominant view in the Assembly showed a patronizing attitude towards the tribals. The view was that discontentment in the tribal areas existed because of their exclusion from the mainstream development. It was emphasised that a civilizing mission and assimilation of tribals into the national mainstream could help them.

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Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on Hindu-Muslim unity

MPSE-004: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN INDIA

Course Code: MPSE-004

Assignment Code: ASST/MPSE-004//2016-17

Total Marks: 100

(b) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on Hindu-Muslim unity.

Ans. Hindu-Muslim Unity: Sir Syed was a strong advocate the Hindu-Muslim unity. He called Hindus and Muslims as two beautiful eyes a beautiful bride. In Tahzib-ul- Akhlaq, he wrote essays – one in 1888 and another 1898 – asking Muslims to give up killing of cows. He said this would bring about good relations between the Hindus and the Muslims. He appeared to suggest distinct political options for the Muslims. He did not wish them ever to come closer to the Congress. Sir Syed was disturbed by the movement to replace Urdu in Persian script with that of Hindi in Nagari script which had emerged in the United Provinces in 1867. He was disturbed by such a development. He argued that, “These two nations will not work unitedly in any cause. At present there is no hostility between them. But, on account of the so called educated people it will increase a hundred fold in the future.” In 1870, he wrote a letter to Nawab Mohsinul Mulk, he had raised concerns that “Muslims will never agree to Hindi and if the Hindus, in accordance with their latest attitude, insist on Hindi, they will reject Urdu. The inevitable consequence of such a move will be that the two will be permanently separated

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M.S. Golwalkar on negative and positive Hindutava

MPSE-004: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN INDIA

Course Code: MPSE-004

Assignment Code: ASST/MPSE-004//2016-17

Total Marks: 100

Q. 6. (a) M.S. Golwalkar on negative and positive Hindutava.

Ans. Negative and Positive Hindutva: Golwalkar said there are two types of Hindutva – negative Hindutva and positive Hindutva. The negative Hindutva, Golwalkar contended, was based on hatred as it developed in response to the Muslim communalism, or the Congress secularism. Golwalkar argued that we should not build our social system in contrast to the Muslims and the British. Leaders those who followed negative Hindutva remained firm supporters of Hindutva, but in their minds culturally they became Muslims as because of their fierce opposition to Muslims.Negative Hindutva was a means to capture political power.

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The early nationalist response to British rule

MPSE-004: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN INDIA

Course Code: MPSE-004

Assignment Code: ASST/MPSE-004//2016-17

Total Marks: 100

Q. 3. What was the early nationalist response to British rule? Elaborate.

Ans. Indian nationalism has two phases. The first phase continued until 1885 when the Indian National Congress was formed and the second phase thereafter was expressed through popular mobilisation around various anti-imperial ideologies. The first phase was largely dominated by the zeal of social reforms that brought together individuals with more or less same ideological agenda. Individuals played crucial roles in sustaining the zeal of those who clustered around them. They were inspired by the idea of European Enlightenment. Colonialism was hailed for its assumed role in changing the archaic socio-political networks sustaining the feudal order. The colonialism in this phase was not as ruthless as it was later. The British administration under the aegis of the East India Company also appreciated social reforms either as a matter of faith in the philosophy of Enlightenment or as a strategy to infuse the Indian social reality with the values on which it drew its sustenance. In this chapter, we will study about the early nationalist response to the British rule that was largely appreciated in comparison with the socio-political nature of the past rulers.

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