HUMAN 1B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hind Swaraj Or Indian Home Rule, Swadeshi Movement, Civilization Iv
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Today"s plan: the partition of bengal and swadeshi, forging a nation, civilization, rethinking home, gandhi"s resolutions, passive resistance, non-violence. Gandhi: the real awakening : british partition muslims from hindus, hindus only allowed to vote for hindus and muslims only allowed to vote for muslims. A lady spinning swadeshi yarn : everyone can participate, including women and children self-sufficient, create their own clothes unite and come together. Hindus and muslimes: how can india be one nation, the fact is that we have become enslaved , western civilizations makes them think they"re different, but it is actually merely an artificial division. Forge: to give form/shape to, especially by means of special effort. Nation is not formed in a day, the formation takes years supporters imagine world that has transcended from class/status/religious/etc. divisions. Civilizations destroy idea of modern civilization empire will die. India is being ground down not under the english heel but under that of modern civilization .
