fहndi - Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

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 •