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fहndi - Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

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Dravid Shiva Natraj that carries Rigvadik'sfire in one hand. He relates the capitalistsigns in the structure, feudalism and theemergence of provincial languages to thebuilding of different castes and herepudiates the belief that the modern agehas started with the British Empire.Ram Vilas Sharma had furtherextended the old struggle between orthodoxconventionalism and 'Ritiwad', against theage of 'Chhayawad'. He condemns thebeliefs that 'Rigveda' was written by priestsand Brahmins. India is a spiritual country,Sanskrit is the mother of <strong>Hindi</strong>, the castesystem is the higher part of country'sculture and the literary principles of <strong>Hindi</strong>are in 'Ritivad'. He goes deep into theevaluation of traditions like a philosopher.He does this work standing on the firmground of facts. It is not known how thisthing had been marginalized in <strong>Hindi</strong>Literature.Ram Vilas Sharma's evaluation oftraditions in literature went in manydirections, along with history, economicprinciples, social science, and study ofculture, music and science. His mainpurpose was to repudiate conventionalorthodoxies and thus 'Demystify' India.That is how he had refuted the Orientalist'sopinion of Aryan's cruelty and stagnationof India. This is to give an alternative toEuropean colonial thought by decolonizingknowledge about India. Ram Vilas Sharmahad opposed those who kept the Indianspirituality a mystery and also opposedfgndi •those who called it backward anduncivilized. He 'demystifies' and'decolonizes' knowledge about India, whichexpands the field of criticism. He objectedto both the colonial as well as bigot's(religious leaders) attitudes.Ram Vilas Sharma gives a beautiful andcompact picture of Indian struggle to hisreaders, so that they could be free fromOrthodox and colonial thinking whichfertilizes their explanation. The readerscould see with their own eyes the culturalheritage based on labour and logic andrebuild the People's self-confidence. InRam Vilas Sharma criticism is a continuouscombination of 'condemnation andreconstruction'. Even in contemporarytimes his criticism is quite important whenthe elements of orthodox conventions andprogressive political narrowness are beingbrought to light.American thinker Phukoyama hadfriendship with the deputy of Pantagon,Donald Roomsfield. He believed that inAmerican leadership Liberal Democrats hadresounding victory. He felt the necessityto defeat the American and Britishoperations to overthrow their autocracy inthe non-Western world. Though he wasexperiencing an ethical crisis. Phukoyamahad said, "End of History" while Ram VilasSharma's aim was 'reconstruction ofHistory.' He does this not for the falsesense of pride for his country but forknowledge's unique penetration(investment). He neither fights likeApril-June 2013 :: 39

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