Topic: Indian Political Thought
Political democracy could not last unless social democracy lay at its base – B.R. Ambedkar. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Constituent Assembly closing speech → political democracy = form only → cannot survive without a social baseRoute 2 democracy ≠ elections…
Kautilya’s views on the elements of the State.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 State as a living body — Kautilya’s Saptanga = seven interdependent limbs; “a single wheel cannot move the chariot”Route 2 sovereignty…
Explain the sources of ancient Indian political thought.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 no single treatise → thought scattered across genres → embedded in dharma / danda / kingshipRoute 2 Mahendra Prasad Singh →…
Do you think that the Buddhist traditions have lent ereater ethical foundation to the ancient Indian political thought? Give your arguments.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 moral concerns already present in Indian thought → Buddhism’s shift = Dhamma over Danda as the test of powerRoute 2 Parekh’s…
Buddhist thought on Dhamma facilitates the emancipation of political action. Explain.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Dhamma = righteousness / justice / moral law → stands above Ānā (command) → guided by it, power freed from greed,…
Dharmashastra presents a duty-centric worldview for individuals and communities. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 dharma from root dhr, “to hold” → society held together by duties, not rightsRoute 2 duty-centric worldview → role + obligation…
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s idea of state socialism.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 vote hollow without bread → state socialism makes political democracy real via economic equality → “one man, one value”Route 2 political…
Discuss Sri Aurobindo’s views on Cultural Nationalism.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 nationalism recast as cultural-spiritual creed → against “geographical expression” → India a living nation with a soulRoute 2 India as Mother…
Examine Gandhi’s critique of ‘Modernisation’
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 not West-as-place but West-as-type → Hind Swaraj (1909) → ‘Satanic’Route 2 progress mismeasured as multiplying wants, not mastering them → restraint…
According to Sri Aurobindo, Swaraj is a necessary condition for India to accomplish its destined goal. Comment in 150 words.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Swaraj not an end in itself → complete independence → precondition for India’s spiritual destinyRoute 2 foreign rule blocks a nation’s…
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