Ekalavya उवाच:

BASHING OLD BASTION

Do we really undestand our freedom struggle to comment upon old bastions?

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BASHING OLD BASTION

Do we really understand Gandhi / Nehru/ Patel or Savarkar? Or bashing old bastions is a fashion. I am up for criticism, but we must understand them before criticizing. So, reading is the solution. Majority of us including me do not understand much about our freedom struggle. Never read about after 10^th.

“Only God is perfect.”

So, then how can be Nehru, Gandhi, or Savarkar else? Every personality will have some flaws. Their decision about anything that we quote today to criticize them were driven by situation at that time. So, reading a lot will shape our perspective and still if we are able to criticize them then “bravo”, we have an analytical mind.

They must have done something right to be revered. Our forefathers were Gandhi wadi and suddenly what happened in 60 years that we started hating him so much, is it post truth or correct interpretation of history. I do not know. So, I am trying to find out. History presented to us is not absolute there are many hidden and forgotten stories. Freedom was call of the day, but it was not driven by only one ideology. Many like Bhikaji Cama, Khudi Ram Bose many revolutions like sanyasi rebellion, rebellion led by Birsa Munda, Abhinav Bharat Society are lost in the murmur. Hence, in this era of post truth where our opinion is shaped by social media. I am asking a pertinent question are we becoming too opinionated? Don’t we understand that every story has two shades and truth lies somewhere in gray shades. So, ask yourself do we really know our history of freedom struggle to be critical of our leaders in past.

Some books to quote. Your choice may vary.

Pakistan or the partition – BR Ambedkar

India after Gandhi – Ramchandra Guha

The age of Awakening – Amit Kapoor

An era of darkness.

Autobiography of Gandhi and Nehru and national archive (a must to find rare letters and books available online)