Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is one of the most sizably voluminous socialist bellwethers of Indian history. He did more to uplift the poor and impalpable than any other man in India. He was against the Hindu caste system and became a Buddhist. He was the main architect of the Constitution of India and he endeavoured his best to establish a convivial revolution and culminate gregarious discrimination. Dr. Ambedkar’s was a multi-faceted and multi-dimensional personality whose contribution to modern India was paramount and substantial. He was one of the most prominent political and convivial cogitators, whose conceptions on sundry convivial and political quandaries such as caste system, the pernicious practice of untouchability, the emancipation of …show more content…
Ambedkar was not a philosopher in the generally accepted sense. He did not develop a philosophy for its own sake. He was not a theoretician and theory-building was not his objective. As a researcher, ruminator and writer he belonged to the realm of cerebrated. He developed his conceptions about man, society and their relationship. He had all the ingredients of a ruminator and a philosopher. The social setting in which he lived was a very paramount consideration and rudimental to the development of his personality. The constraints of an inequitable convivial authoritatively mandated him to the realm of action as he was not only a ruminator but determined gregarious engineer and reformer. “Though not a philosopher in the conventional sense like Pluto or Aristotle, he nevertheless developed his own gregarious and political ideals out of a clash between idealism and realism, empiricism and rationalism, naturalism and humanism, individualism and socialism, nationalism and …show more content…
He inspirited socialist policies during his terms at the office. Even afore independence he brought socialist conceptions to the Indian National Congress and ascertained that the preamble of the Constitution of India called India a socialist state. He composed the orchestrating commission of India and led to many socialist reforms in the early years of this nation. Jawaharlal Nehru- Nehru’s paramountcy was derived from his position as a theoretician of Socialism in the Congress. His discussions on Socialism exhibited a sense of realism. He was not a Marxist, though some of his inditements and verbalizations showed some understanding or vigilance of the Marxian categories. His Socialism was more of mere convivial order, where the main spotlight was more on the individual and his liberation; where the gregarious order was to be reorganised to sanction the individual to maximise his own jubilance. Jawaharlal Nehru’s orientation forwards socialism was not Marxist, but on many occasions he demonstrated a better understanding of the objective conditions of the Indian society than the Marxists or other socialists and hence played a much more efficacious role in the development of socialism in India than others. The Constituent Assembly discussed the issue of declaring India as a socialist country and abnegated
...ember 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian socialist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. His legacy prompted youth in India to begin fighting for Indian independence and he continues to be a youth idol as well as inspiration for modern India. Bhagat Singh felt his life should be dedicated to the noblest cause, that of the freedom of the country. Therefore, there is no rest or worldly desire that can lure him. Bhagat Singh is known for his courage, radical measures, ardent revolts, and his vision for India's independence and future of India. Bhagat Singh led the youth of India towards the achievement of goals which was the independence of India. As a teenager Bhagat Singh was a voracious reader. He studied European revolutionary movements and was attracted to Anarchist and Marxist ideologies. (Singh, 2011)
Iqbal does not admit himself to be a comrade of The Communist Party of India. He refers to his party as Pupil’s Party. But his thinking and activities reflects M. N. Roy’s Radical Humanism. In his first
Mahatma Gandhi, a nationalist and spiritual leader was perceptive and objectively so, perhaps most eminently when he instructed his zealots, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win” (Mahatma). Gandhi has a remarkable sagacity at a young age and strengthened it throughout the succession of his life. Although the aforementioned quote merely previews the extent of his intellect, it effectively summarizes his political approach. After becoming a member of the Indian National Congress Gandhi had the potential to become a most influential leader for the Indian people, and he did. Gandhi committed his political title towards fighting against the unlawful oppression of British rule. His method of fighting, however, was a politically innovative, mental type of fight. As a firm believer in the value of Pacifism, Gandhi developed the theory of non-violent civil protest and vowed to prevent his followers from succumbing to the allure of bloodshed. The irenic nature of Gandhi’s leadership won him the admiration of many Indian people, and is now considered to have political genius prestigious enough to be studied today (Mahatma 2). In some instances, studying Gandhi’s political strategy demonstrates the benefits of an actively participating governed majority. In today’s society, many people tend to make uneducated political decisions and sometimes even refrain from making one completely. In a variety of circumstances, related to any category of politics, from the election of a new president to the enactment of new laws, a group of Americans remain unrepresented because of their refusal to exercise their right to vote. A topic such as gun control would be a fitting example of a subject that while put ...
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Mohandas Gandhi began life as the fourth son in his family— hardly the child typically expected to bring about greatness, even though his father was the small state’s Diwan, or prime minister. He was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. From an early age, he exhibited the gentleness and compassion that he would come to cherish later in life. One story about him says that he loved nature enough to climb a mango tree and bandage its branch. Like the vast majority of Indian families, Gandhi’s was a member of the Hindu religion and its associated culture. As was tradition for many at the time, he was wed at the age of thirteen to Kasturba, another child of the same age. A few years later, when he was sixteen, Gandhi’s father passed away. This left a deep impression on the boy, and he would always remember him with fondness, as we can see from his later ...
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, affectionately known as Babasaheb, was one of the most illustrious sons of India. He appeared on the Indian socio-political scene in early 1920 and remained in the forefront of all social, economic, political and religious efforts for upliftment of mankind. Dr. Ambedkar was a great scholar who made outstanding contributions as an economist, sociologist, legal luminary, educationalist, journalist, Parliamentarian and above all, as a social reformer and champion of human rights.
In this article we will see how Dr.Rajendra Prasad played a pivotal role in independence movement. Though his extra-ordinary role in independence, he his remembered as the first president of India rather than a freedom fighter. This is because of his charismatic personality and the elegant way in which he carried the peace message of India to foreign country in post independence era. Amidst all this, we will see how unknowingly in the process of achieving the bigger goal of independence resulted in weakening of social fabric of Hindus and Muslim. Most importantly we would also investigate how the “bad evil”,that polluted the society in name of Indian culture, made the process of independence more complex and difficult. We would
While Western Europe had echoed with the rants of dictators Gandhi had stirred the crowded multitudes of India, the most populous area in the world, without raising his voice. It was not with the luring of power of fortune that he had called his followers to his cause but by giving a warning of having to handle the most difficult adversities of their life, yet people followed him with utmost reverence. In this investigation, we will try to find out what were the reasons for the s...
An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. These were the wise words of one of the greatest men who lived in this world. He is none other than the honorable Mahatma Gandhi. His non-violent movement led to India’s independence from the imperial British rule. Doing my research on him, I’ve learnt that every country has potential; all it needs is great leadership, leaders like Mahatma Gandhi. According to renowned writer Stanley Wolport, the writer of the book “Gandhi's Passion: The Life and the Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi”, Gandhi gave up his pleasures as a British barrister, sexual relations with his wife and other luxuries of life so that he could focus on helping Indians.
The novel also records the heinous system of caste discrimination practiced in Indian society. The caste system was a brutal oppressive mechanism that branded an unfortunate section of the society as untouchables and thrust them to the periphery. For several millennia caste constituted the core of social life in India. It dictated the occupation and the social interaction of a person. Nicholas Dirks in his introduction to Colonialism and culture remarks, „…. Culture in India seems to have been principally defined by caste. Caste has always been seen as central in Indian history and as one of the major caste is today- as it was throughout the colonial era – the major threat to Indian modernity.‟Describing the caste system in India Amdedkar
He becomes irrational and his lack of sense is being very prevalent when he mentions Gandhi as “drunken mad man” in Rationalist Thoughts. Ambedkar is practical in his approach. Even though he does not sympathize with Gandhi and his thoughts, but he identifies and talks of the evils pertaining in the caste in the society instead of accusing the religion directly. As he says, “…if the Brahmins are Aryans the Untouchables are also Aryans. If the Brahmins are Dravidians, the Untouchables are also Dravidians…”(Ambedkar, 1948). Ambedkar here affirms that race has nothing to do with the caste-class strata. He considers caste as a perverse version of Varna (Ambedkar B. , 2002) and religious rules and practices that are woven around it. Periyar forthrightly mentions religion as meaningless and a domain of Brahmins which is his personal
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, B.R. Ambedkar shared a common desire for a strong Indian modern state however despite their ambitions for Indian state development, the modern Indian state demonstrates its modernity through its relationship between state corruption and urban development. This short paper will demonstrate how the political ideas of Gandhi, Nehur, and Ambedkar compare to and differ from the modern Indian state’s development.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi- 2 October 1869 - 30 January 194 was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He is also known as Mahatma which means “The Great Soul”. He was committed to pacifism, that there should be no violence.(1) He had three concepts to follow in his life for independence of India: Satyagraha, Ahimsa and Swaraj.
The Dalit writers themselves being the victims, used literature as a vehicle to spread the Ambedkar’s ideology. Dalit literature includes all genres like short stories, novels, poetry,critical essays, plays , autobiographies etc. These piece of works help to bring the awareness that caste is the root cause of social discrimination and helps to reconstruct themselves from this