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Leadership is personified through a man known as the Father of Indian Independence, Mahatma (great soul), Father of the Nation, Bapu (papa), Gandhiji, and Gandhi. Background Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. His mother was deeply religious and frequently fasted due to religion. She was both self-disciplined and had strong commonsense. One of his father’s books, Shravana Pitribhakti Nataka, left a lasting impression of devotion to his parents. At 13 he…

Social Justice Essay Since the beginning of organized government, there has been oppression and war. In many places, governments oppress their people with unfair laws, strict taxes, and discriminate for racial or cultural differences.To begin with, Civil disobedience is defined as: “The refusal to comply with certain laws”(Oxford Dictionary). Although many people view breaking the law for any reason as wrong or unjust, there are many instances where civil disobedience is crucial. Citizens have…

around the country. Nationalism increased around the country as people organized to plan hartals. This included closing down shops, refusing to pay fines the government imposed. Although all of these protests were voluntary, a large percentage of the Indian population participated as if it were mandatory to stand up against the British. The government’s response was limited due to the lack of violence. They hoped to provoke violence among the crowds in order to justify engaging in violence…

Chapter III A Name without a Face Geeta Abraham Jose’s By The River Pampa I Stood (Time - Early part of the twentieth century) Keralam (the State of Kerala was formed in September 1956) became the site of progressive ideals as early as the nineteenth century with the arrival of missionaries from England and other parts of Europe to Malabar, Kochi and Tiruvitamkoor. Missionaries criticized various practices like untouchability, unapproachability, sexual immorality, hierarchies based on caste,…

The Bhagavad-Gita is an ancient Hindu text depicting the qualms of a prince during a war against his own kin. Despite the text coming into existence many centuries ago, the teachings are still relevant to this day. Although the characters and lessons are derived from Hinduism and the culture, the Gita is still applicable to day to day life even for one not of the Hindu faith. The lessons are taught from a deity under the guise of a lowly charioteer accompanying Prince Arjuna. Sri Krishna is the…

Socio-Spiritual and Scientific Revolution (2009), and another book, The Adivasi Will Not Dance (2015) by an Adivasi writer, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, is banned by Jharkhand state government on the charge of 'misrepresenting" the Adivasi, indigenous, people. Indian Independence "liberated" the elite Hindu upper caste Brahmin but maintained the colonial legacy of pushing Dalits, Adivasis, and tribal people to the margin. Colonized by the postcolonial elites in the postcolonial nation-states, and…

Context: (1947-1971) One day before the creation of Pakistan the Constitute assembly was established under the Indian independence act and was given a machinery by British government for transferring power to Pakistan, built up the constitution, East Pakistanis was equally featured as west Pakistanis in this assembly. Communal discrimination was experienced by East Pakistan so they considered themselves as more pro Pakistan as compare to West Pakistan. This can be a reason that Pakistan went…

Moving on to the Mughal Empire, which was located in modern-day India from about 1526 to 1857. The Mughals had, as expected, a very strong military; and like the other Gunpowder Empires, they used gunpowder as a way to further this. However, they used it in a way that the other empires did not: rockets. Although these were essentially just arrows that packed a little bit more of a punch, they were undoubtedly an upgrade from standard arrows. As well as this, the Mughals produced very…

Nationalism means that we carry in our hearts, respect, love and gratitude for our motherland. Although this sense is bestowed on us naturally, but due to some external causes, or may be due to a little ignorance or vicious propaganda, there have been movements espousing anti-national feelings such as the ones witnessed in Kashmir or North-East India. But thanks to the unwavering sense of nationalism in its citizens, India has stood firm as one nation, foiling the designs of separatist forces.…

20th century. He then expanded and supported his own political party of the nonviolence movement that many Indians participated in. His movement was strongly affected by the British government, since the British was upset on India’s political right. Many Indians supported Gandhi throughout his works of sustaining freedom for the country. This movement, however was created to witness the Indians gaining their full independence. The protesters grew…