fहndi - Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

We feel that we are studying and writingmuch literature but actually we have lostit, and we continue losing India also. Wemust understand why as compared to anyother country, literature is more importantfor India.Why the knowledge of its tradition isnecessary and how the aim of Hindicriticism, should be against feudalism andagainst the people supporting imperialism.De-Colonizing CriticismAt any age Imperialist battles were wonon the basis of how much self-confidenceof the masses of any country, especiallyof intellectuals, had been broken. Howmuch distortion had been done to theirracial traditions and future, how manypeople were made copy cats and blindfollower of their culture. No Indian theorygoes to the West, but the moment a newtheory comes in the West India startsbeating its drum. There is long chain from'New Criticism' to the theory ofdeconstruction. In Hindi hardly one comesacross any reasonably practical criticismbased on these theories, still the bigul oftheory continues to harp. It is theory's jobto make a space for life in the changingworld in one direction only, and the jobof ther 'discussion' is to make a 'place'for life while the space all-around isshrinking fast for life.We know even in the west the age oftheory has passed. The great propoundersfgndi •of theory are on the margin only. Actuallythese principles were made in the academicinstitutions of the West and they were partof the global mentality of English language.They were also part of the market. Theywould explain how one could know the'completeness' amidst one type ofcommercial economy. These principles inthe name of 'perfection’ of the thoughtswere to give the world a homogeneousstructure. For this reason battles of thoughtswere fought not only between south andleft but between left and left also. Thisideological war took place in order to getmore importance. Many post-colonialprinciples also came in existence. Theseprinciples were made by keeping feminism,archaic casteism, racialism, environment,similar sex relations in the center. Definitelybefore talking about some principles wehave to talk about some principle, we haveto talk about time and place. What wecould think depends from which place andtime we are thinking. Instead of runningaway from forceful onslaught of the westernprinciples first he saw that they are theproduct of an imperialist period and thathe was thinking from the Hindi speakingbelt of India. His criticism came out afterbeing totally immersed into the Indian life.It had no hypocrisy or verbosity.Today it appears there is a society ofintellectuals who have technical expertise,who have internet. The world is brimmingwith knowledge. Once Ramchandra Shukulsaid an important thing — with theApril-June 2013 :: 41