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criticized Bhakti poets. It is worthmentioning that he does not go to themlike other romantic poets. But Pant alongwith (technical) mechanical materialists wasassociated with the massacre of theliterature of the past. He never liked villagesand peasants. He is the least vocal of allromantic poets on the question of antiimperialism.Ram Vilas Sharmacommented on this issue, "From theperspective of Pantji casteism is boycotted.On one side he is called conventionalbecause of his worshipping of nearly extinctideals, on the other side by rejecting theprogressive elements of culture and forworshipping English he is cosmopolitan...We have to protect the progressive elementsof Indian culture, from Indianconventionalism and also from the fallencapitalist culture." (ibid). Ram Vilas Sharmahad worked in Pantji's magazine 'Rupabh'.He was in contact with Pant besides Nirala.He had played a role in reducing tensionbetween the two poets. It's a different issuethat he did not like Pant's cosmopolitantemperament, and he loved Nirala'sindigenousness.If a man is of cosmopolitantemperament, he would be hypnotized byEnglish, the English luster or it must bethe influence of globalization, hence thelevel of opposition to imperialism wouldbe low. This will be far away from thecommunity's conscience. In Ram VilasSharma's criticism the Hindi community'sawakening and opposition to imperialismfgndi •are basic points.What we are finding today is that itis very difficult to criticize. Religiousfanaticism, blind communalism, castepolitics or politics of ego rule our times,the louder you speak the greater thesupport you will find standing behind you.Accordingly power will come and standsupporting you. If your criticism is comingout of all these there will be harm, dangerand strangeness. In 2012 the politicalcartoonists and the girls criticizing MumbaiBandh had to go to jail. This shows thelevel of freedom and tolerance in the Indiandemocracy. If criticism has no place in thissociety there is no place for critical vision,or for historical vision. Even in politics theywant only followers. We can see the criticalvision has no place in Indian life. Henceone can understand what a unique dangerto the tradition of criticism is even in thismodern age.Undoubtedly criticism is for protectionof ideas, for life and for democracy. Earliercriticism had more influence of politics,now it has more influence of market. Sucha net is spread all over that there is hardlyany space left in the mind to think. Earliercriticism was forced to shut up now theintellectuals have themselves put thehandkerchiefs of their pockets in theirmouths, and filled their pockets withsomething else.This is an important question howmuch people are colliding with thefeudalistic and imperialistic situations andApril-June 2013 :: 51