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put in the category of 'Great Tradition'and 'Little Tradition'. May be in one agethere is 'little tradition' and also 'GreatTradition'. It is possible that 'GreatTradition', like big groups may not beprogressive, and possibly 'Little Tradition'like small man may be progressive. Wemove this reference a little further; can weput together Ram Chandra Shukul andHazari Prasad Diwedi with this division?"(my interviews) Mostly he believed thatRam Chandra Shukul and Hazari PrasadDiwedi couldn't be put in two separatetraditions. Especially not at that time whenthis category is used to uplift the one anddown grade the other. This literary divisionis unfortunate in Hindi criticism. This isa form of internal danger to the genre ofHindi criticism.The writer struggles with whatevertendencies he has, often some of the traitsof those tendencies are left in him. Thisis possible for these three critics also. Stilltheir achievements are greater than theirweakness.Against the Cultural DivisionThe great aim of archaic orthodoxy hadbeen to make cultural inter-division. Itsinfluence could be seen recently in theevaluation of Bhakti literature. Some tooksides with Tulsi, others with Kabeer. Thisdiscussion went on for quite sometime.Ram Vilas Sharma says, "An importantspeciality of Bhakti movement is that therefgndi •are Brahmins along with Shudras, Hinduswith Muslims. The only condition is thatprogressive critic should understand Bhaktimovement, they should not try to juxtaposeHindu followers against Sufis, and amongHindu follower from 'Nirgun Panthies' to'Sagun Panthies', and in ‘Sagun Panthies’from Krishna followers against Ramafollowers. Hindi writers who become awareof their own history, can get together toput the foundation of national unity bytheir writings." (Indian Culture and HindiRegion). There are two different things,first to understand the diversity of Bhaktimovement, second forcefully puttingmodernism and today's thoughts on themand making the Bhakti poets confront eachother. There is a need to see that only onthe basis of Tulsidas, Ram Vilas Sharmahas called Bhakti movement as opposedto social awakening and feudalism.Bhakti literature had great importancein view of Ram Vilas Sharma. Today inorder to develop our racial culture it isnecessary to understand its importance. Itis a proof that in the north India the feudalsystem was deteriorating and literature hadbeen helping this process. (Marxism andProgressive literature). Bhakti literature wasthe result of deteriorating caste system; itwas associated with the popular feeling ofthe common man. If the feudal system wasdying, why was it not destroyed? Definitelyit did not happen because of the pressureof despotic feudal authorities, and later onby the oppressive tactics of the EuropeanApril-June 2013 :: 37
Imperialism. The imperialists had clothedreligion, caste, education and literaryintelligence at every level and opposed theviews of conventional obsolete culturaldivisions with colonial logic andknowledge.The reason for cultural divisions inIndia was because of closing their eyestowards extensive realities and stupiditiesof their communities. It is unnecessary tosay that in any society cultural proximity,exchange of ideas and intermixing can takeplace only when there is free environmentbesides open-mindedness, scientific attitudeand a place for logic. Ram Vilas Sharmaafter showing the tradition of all these,moves towards Rigveda and Atharvavedabut he emphasizes more on justice, peculiarphilosophies, Gautam Buddha, astheticmaterialism of Charak's code of conduct,Krishna cult of poets and Bhaktimovement. Following is the abridgedpicture of this tradition. "In Rigveda thereis ideological variety, there are Godworshippers and persons opposed to it...likeKrishna cult poets, and the greatachievement of traditional Indianknowledge is to be seen in Charak's codeof conduct. The analysis of the art ofdiscussion in 'Charak Samhita' is relatedto materialism... the most importantdeclaration of Buddha is, you should notagree because somebody has said it, youdon't accept because it is written in books,or because of your faith in something. Youshould use your own discretion andknowledge, more than discretion judgewith your experience if anything is wrongor right... The dream that Kalidas saw forthe unity of India should not be underestimated..." (Indian culture and HindiPradesh). Ram Vilas Sharma gave Hindicriticism a depth and expanse and relatedit to a big goal. He had clarified in‘Tradition and Evaluation', "All the oldpoets like Tulsidas, Surdas and Kabeer andthe modern age writers Bhartendu HarishChandra, Premchand, Nirala haveawakened our community's conscience,"On one side for centuries scriptures andruling powers had been culturally dividing,on the other hand literature had beenexpanding the mental horizon and bringingsensitivity to it.We witness in the field of criticismcontinuous refutation and reconstructiontogether. Ramvilas Sharma condemns thelogic of European colonialism who callAryans cruel invaders. He continuouslychallenges the European superiority bygiving example of Gautam Buddha, Tamilawakening, and Indian trade up to Englandand by the popular talk of awakening ofBhakti Age. He forcefully condemnsstagnation of Indian society, backwardnessof Indian culture and role of the Britishrule in Indian progress. Along with it comeshis rewriting against genealogy that thereare enough basic similarities between Aryanand Dravidian Languages. There areinnumerable examples of cultural intermixingin India such as in the picture of38 :: April-June 2013fgndi •
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put in the category of 'Great Tradition'and 'Little Tradition'. May be in one agethere is 'little tradition' and also 'GreatTradition'. It is possible that 'GreatTradition', like big groups may not beprogressive, and possibly 'Little Tradition'like small man may be progressive. Wemove this reference a little further; can weput together Ram Chandra Shukul andHazari Prasad Diwedi with this division?"(my interviews) Mostly he believed thatRam Chandra Shukul and Hazari PrasadDiwedi couldn't be put in two separatetraditions. Especially not at that time whenthis category is used to uplift the one anddown grade the other. This literary divisionis unfortunate in <strong>Hindi</strong> criticism. This isa form of internal danger to the genre of<strong>Hindi</strong> criticism.The writer struggles with whatevertendencies he has, often some of the traitsof those tendencies are left in him. Thisis possible for these three critics also. Stilltheir achievements are greater than theirweakness.Against the Cultural DivisionThe great aim of archaic orthodoxy hadbeen to make cultural inter-division. Itsinfluence could be seen recently in theevaluation of Bhakti literature. Some tooksides with Tulsi, others with Kabeer. Thisdiscussion went on for quite sometime.Ram Vilas Sharma says, "An importantspeciality of Bhakti movement is that therefgndi •are Brahmins along with Shudras, Hinduswith Muslims. The only condition is thatprogressive critic should understand Bhaktimovement, they should not try to juxtaposeHindu followers against Sufis, and amongHindu follower from 'Nirgun Panthies' to'Sagun Panthies', and in ‘Sagun Panthies’from Krishna followers against Ramafollowers. <strong>Hindi</strong> writers who become awareof their own history, can get together toput the foundation of national unity bytheir writings." (Indian Culture and <strong>Hindi</strong>Region). There are two different things,first to understand the diversity of Bhaktimovement, second forcefully puttingmodernism and today's thoughts on themand making the Bhakti poets confront eachother. There is a need to see that only onthe basis of Tulsidas, Ram Vilas Sharmahas called Bhakti movement as opposedto social awakening and feudalism.Bhakti literature had great importancein view of Ram Vilas Sharma. Today inorder to develop our racial culture it isnecessary to understand its importance. Itis a proof that in the north India the feudalsystem was deteriorating and literature hadbeen helping this process. (Marxism andProgressive literature). Bhakti literature wasthe result of deteriorating caste system; itwas associated with the popular feeling ofthe common man. If the feudal system wasdying, why was it not destroyed? Definitelyit did not happen because of the pressureof despotic feudal authorities, and later onby the oppressive tactics of the EuropeanApril-June 2013 :: 37