History
How and when Nationalism captures the hearts and minds of people ?
Politics Question
'Power Sharing is the very spirit of democracy.' Analyse the state ment based on the concept of ' majoritarianism' that has increased the feeling of alienation among the Sri Lankan Tamils.
The Non - Cooperation Movement was initiated before Civil Disobedience Movement.
ReplyDeleteNationalism is the feeling of oneness amongst the people of a region.
ReplyDeleteThe arousal of nationalism in india is closely related to the years of anti-colonial movements under the congress, which brought together the people of different groups under a single umbrella of a united mass strugle.
The following are certain instances of nationalism in india:
1. Movements, protests and satyagraha: Under the guidance of the congress the indians over the years established several movements in attempts to free themselves of the oppressive british rule. Such as, The non cooperation movement: a united hindu-muslim struggle in favour of swaraj as well as khilafat. The civil disobedience movement: upholdng the demands of a vast array of groups and communities and breaking of the oppressive laws and rules set by the british. Quit India movement: Large scale mass agitation demanding full indepndence(poorna swaraj) and transfer of power. Even, forms of satyagraha and the idea of satyagraha itself brought many indians together.
2. The abolition of the olden system of social hierarchy and governance.
While these partly provided a sense of collective belongingness for the people, the idea of nationalism was popularized through the means of culture. Popular prints and symbols, folklore and folk songs and History and Fiction played an important role in shaping the thoughts and ideas in the minds of the people.
1. Images of Bharat mata: the image of bharat mata came to be visually associated with the idea of a nation. The first image of bharat mata was creted by bamkin chandra chattopadhyay later, A famous image of bharat mata was also created by rabindranath tagore.
2. Folklore: The song written by bamkin chandra chattopadyay vande mataram in 1870, as a hymn to the motherland, was widely sung during the swadeshi movement in bengal. During these times many indian nationalis like rabindranath tagore in bengal and natesa sastri in the sounthern india began collecting folksongs, bards, ballads etc. Natesa Sastri released a 4 volume book called the tales of southern india as well. According to him, folklore was the national literature and the most trustful manifestation of peoples thoughts and feelings.
3. Flags: The first flag was designed durirng the swadeshi movement. it was a tricolour flag (red, green, yellow) with 8 lotuses resembling 8 british provinces and a crescent moon resembling the muslims. later, gandhiji himself designed the swaraj flag which was a tricolour (res, green, white) with a spinning wheel in the centre which represented the gandian idea of self help.
4. reinterpretation of history: the british thought of the indiansas primitive, backward and incapable of governing themselves. The indians then began looking for indias great achievements in the past, in hopes to instill a sense of prime in indias history. They wrote about indian development in science and mathematics, art and architecture, law, philosophy, trade and crafts.
Over the years of struggle and oppression, Nationalism became something the indians would fight for.. the freedom of their motherland and those of their brothers and sisters.. Thus, in this manner, the idea of nationalism captured the minds and the hearts of the people.
When people begin to believe strongly that they are part of the same nation. Also, when they have a sense of unity or nationalism in them it unite them, when they share the same struggles and have a common culture Folklore, folk songs, history and culture, then nationalism grips their hearts and minds and they become united against a common cause
ReplyDeleteYes... That's the right method to solve the question on Nationalism.
ReplyDeleteNationalism spreads when people begin to believe that they are all part of the same nation, when they discover some unity that binds them together.It started during the Indian Independence.This sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of united struggles. But there were also a variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured people’s imagination. History and fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols, all played a part in the making of nationalism.
ReplyDeleteLater it was included in his novel Anandamath and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal. Moved by the Swadeshi movement, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata. In this painting Bharat Mata is portrayed as an ascetic figure; she is calm, composed, divine and spiritual.Devotion to this mother figure came to be seen as evidence of one’s nationalism.
Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore. In late-nineteenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by bards and they toured villages to gather folk songs and legends.It was essential to preserve this folk tradition in order to discover one’s national identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s past.
In Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore himself began collecting ballads, nursery rhymes and myths, and led the movement for folk revival. In Madras, Natesa Sastri published a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales, The Folklore of Southern India. He believed that folklore was national literature; it was ‘the most trustworthy manifestation of people’s real thoughts and characteristics’
They wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times when art and architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture, law and philosophy, crafts and trade had flourished.
During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed. It had eight lotuses representing eight provinces of British India
~Kriishh Gada
Nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that they are all part of the same nation, when they discover some unity that binds them together.It started spreading during the Indian Independence.This sense of collective belonging came partly through the experience of united struggles against common enemies . But there were also a variety of cultural processes through which nationalism captured people’s attention and imagination. History , folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols, all played a part in the making of nationalism. Bankim chandra chaterjee wrote the national song ' Vande Matram'
ReplyDeleteLater it was included in his novel 'Anandamath' and widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal. Moved by the Swadeshi movement, Abanindranath Tagore painted his famous image of Bharat Mata. In his painting Bharat Mata is portrayed as an ascetic figure; who is calm, composed, divine and spiritual.Devotion to this mother figure came to be seen as evidence of one’s nationalism.
Ideas of nationalism also developed through a movement to revive Indian folklore. In late-nineteenth-century India, nationalists began recording folk tales sung by bards and they toured villages to gather folk songs and legends.It was essential to preserve this folk tradition in order to discover one’s national identity and restore a sense of pride in one’s past.
In Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore himself began collecting ballads, nursery rhymes and myths, and led the movement for folk revival. In Madras, Natesa Sastri published a massive four-volume collection of Tamil folk tales, The Folklore of Southern India. He believed that folklore was national literature; it was ‘the most trustworthy manifestation of people’s real thoughts and characteristics’
They wrote about the glorious developments in ancient times when art and architecture, science and mathematics, religion and culture, law and philosophy, crafts and trade had flourished.
During the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, a tricolour flag (red, green and yellow) was designed. It had eight lotuses representing eight provinces of British India
- yuvika mahajan class 10 -g
Nationalism captures the hearts and minds of people when:-
ReplyDelete1) People begin to believe that they all belong to the same nation.
2)They develop a sense of collective belonging.
3) In case of India, this came through the experience of united struggles.
4) History and fiction, folklore and songs, popular prints and symbols, all played a part in the making of nationalism.
5)In the 20th century, with the growth of nationalism, identity of India came to be visually associated with the image of 'Bharat Mata'.
6)Devotion to 'Bharat Mata' came to be seen as evidence of one's nationalism.
7)In the 1870s, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote 'Vande Mataram' as a hymn to the motherland. It was widely sung during the Swadeshi movement in Bengal.
8)Indian nationalists began recording folk tales, songs and legends.
9) Rabindranath Tagore led the movement for folk revival.
10) Natesa Shastri published a massive four volume collection of Tamil folk tales 'The Folklore of Southern India'.
11) The rise of nationalism in the hearts of Indians led to the downfall of the colonial rule.
-Animesh Tiwari
Class 10th C
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