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Bhakti cult started because they were inspired by Islam which had too much equality and "LIBERALISM" - said a Vision IAS teacher :|

Majority of historians don't accept this view. 

She teaches well nd her society lectures are quite good but she leaks her biases too often.

Yes. But the thing is its so wrong factually and logically. You cant go and quote such a thing in the mains answer that islamic is liberalism and reforms were being brought against it. You could have said about Buddhism or Jainism but Islam? A liberal religion? And you are saying it as "bs 19-20 ka fark" and moreover, 19 here is Hinduism and 20 is Islamism according to her. Oh man :||

Generally people say our pm but she says your pm.

Bhakti movement got some inspirations from from Islam but saying it originated due to Islam is too much. If it was the second case bhakti saints would have simply copied texts of quoran. What was the need of compiling divyaprabhandams and tirumurais. Do the complex arguments of Ramanujacharya or shankaracharya find mention in quoran?

Arguments of equality and one god are already there in Rigveda.

sujective toh the hi nai gs 2 and 3 ke paper.

if you include 4/5 factual questions, you have again made it a game of luck. because people who know these clearly have an edge.

Acc to few historians, liberal elements in Islam were - -

No concept of caste 

Monotheism

Largely free of superstitions unlike early medieval Indian society

So their logic is if a society doesn't practice caste system nd polytheism,it will largely be a liberal n progressive one. 

However , Turkish invaders practiced- -

Racism ( i hope u have read about balban)

Slavery

Not quite free of superstitions actually. Infact , rise of sufi Islam led to many superstitions.

By the time, Turks invaded India, their society was no more a liberal & progressive one.

So based on all these arguments,the above view is rejected mostly.

one doubt wrt ethics case studies:

i have not used the concepts of part A in case studies by specifically mentioning (ex: i have not written "as per utilitarian perpective iwill do this... or , by going for rights apporach to solve ethical dilemma)

reason for not doing so is that i feel that theory is tested i part A. they need solutions now and analysis.

also, i have scored fine (as per me) in case studies of mocks without writing the abovementioned

is it an issue?

It's all contextual. We are comparing Islam with present day Hinduism. Back then, in Islam a slave could become the ruler! The "Hindu society" was then caste ridden and rotten with extreme decadence on one hand (tantric cults allowed even for incest) and poor famished untouchables on the other. We were inward looking and without much contact with the outside world (as mentioned by Al Biruni).

BTW, Shankara wasn't a bhakti saint, he was into Jnana marga.

Not an issue.

I myself got good enough marks in my last mains' gs4 (121, way back in 2016 exam😅), without using any technical words/concepts. The only concept/term I used was in a case study, "the slippery slope", which actually is a general English phrase.

So, this time also I have used may be two or three technical words alone in total, in gs4.

Her way of teaching is interesting. I wouldn't mind sitting in her class. The Cheraman masjid she mentioned, wasn't built in 7th century as is commonly known. It was built only in 11th century AD. The 7th century story was made up by local muslims, as is the case with most religions, to amplify it's significance. Historian MGS Narayanan has discarded this story with proof. Similarly the Christians of Kerala used to believe that St Thomas came to Kerala and converted them, which is another disregarded story now.

Bhakti movement achieved it's organised form in Tamil country around seventh century, but that concept can be traced back to Bhagavatism and Puranas.

Present day historians have questioned the social reform aspect of early day Tamil bhakti movement as well. Lower caste presence was negligible. Most of the saints were Brahmins and Vellala caste (rich peasants).

Comment of a year ago on forum platform 😬