India did not learn democracy from the British: JNU VC

she was talking on The second day of A three-day symposium organized by the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi on “Rethinking Ideas of India from “Swaraj” to “New India.” The symposium was opened Thursday by Home Minister Amit Shah and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

speak on On the topic of Cultural Nationalism, she said, “Our democracy is much older; the British did not give us Democratic values. Then Burma/Myanmar, Pakistan – all countries British colonial rule power should were democracies. India is a democracy because it has a political culture – a culture that can choose from 3000 crore of Gods. what more Diversity you need? “

Indian cultural nationalism on a path This is completely different from that of…Abrahamic religions. So whenever we talk of Indian civilization, it is something that celebrates development, “Democracy, Diversity, Difference and Dissent,” Pandit said.
“Unlike the Abrahamic religions,” she said, Hinduism was “not an Enlightenment or an organized religion. of one book and one God.” “We are a process; It way of life. So when we compare, you’re comparing two unequals,” she said.

“Reducing India to a civil state bound only by the constitution ignores it,” Pandit said historyfor us ancient Heritage, culture and civilization.” “I wish place India as a civilized country. Please understand that there are only two civilizations in The world that have traditions with modernity world with The regionchange with continuity. These two countries are India and China.
She said there was a need to reconsider history “Because we made let’s imagine history with Self-hatred, self-loathing of defeated invaders”.

“Excessive period of exaltation, and I, who Coming from the south, I feel even worse. The longest dynasty in India was Cholas who ruled this country for 2000 years. Which male? any ways in The name of Which of The great kings of Cholas? no one in Delhi… There is great prejudice, agenda preparation plus guarding the gate. “It is very important that we reconsider these ideas and look at the gaps,” she said.

Pandit said the Chola family was like that great Because they were victorious not by “genocide, rape, or pillage” but by “culture, trade and trade.” Hey also concept said of The Rigveda and Vishnu Purana have defined geographical presence of Bharat Varsha, and that the word “rashtra” was used in Rigveda, Ayurveda and Atharvaveda.

“Many people We think feminism or women just started the rights movement with Marks ended there. I will tell you first The feminists are Draupadi and Sita. Who can be a more feminist than Draupadi asks her husbands in Mahabharata? Or even Sita is first single mother. These concepts are not all invented of West,” Pandit said.

Referring to the American historian Robert Frykenberg, he called the Indian national movement a Hindu revivalist and modernist movement.

“Cultural civilization is nothing but a civilized perception – a feeling.” of Belonging and anchoring in a special The cultural center. This is very important, because when China does it it is very secular, and when India does it it is social. Type of controversy no work in academics,” she said.

Pandit referred to Pal Gangadhar Tilak as “first A collective leader before Gandhi.” “Many people I think Mahatma Gandhi is a disciple of Gopal Krishna Gokhal, I’d rather say he’s a disciple of Lokmania Tilak. why? Because he used similar tokens to fetch it in mass movement like Satyagraha and Ram Rajya…Unfortunately, we had an explanation they are called great Extremist leaders. They were not extremists. “They were revolutionaries,” she said.

speak of Tilak, Gokhal, etc., said Pandit, “Unfortunately, the school that started in my university, also just explained one family Like history of Modern India. We forgot all of these great nationalists who present. “