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प्रश्न
Kumudtai’s journey into Sanskrit began with great interest and eagerness with Gokhale Guruji, her teacher at school… At the University, the Head of the Department was a well-known scholar and he took great pleasure in taunting Kumudtai…Despite the adverse comments she successfully completed her Masters in Sanskrit…. Source: Kumud Pawade (1938)
What does Kumud Pawade’s autobiography show us about the relation between gender and caste?
उत्तर
Kumud Pawade in her autobiography recounts how a Dalit woman became a Sanskrit teacher. As a student she is drawn towards the study of Sanskrit, perhaps because it is the means through which she can break into a field that was not possible for her to enter on grounds of gender and caste. Perhaps she was drawn towards it because it would enable her to read in the original what the texts have to say about women and the Dalits. As she proceeds with her studies, she meets with varied reactions ranging from surprise to hostility, from guarded acceptance to brutal rejection.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Assertion: Sanskritisation usually accompanies or follows a rise in the economic status of the caste attempting it.
Reason: Adopting the ritual, domestic and social practices of a caste (or castes) of higher status raises the social status of the members of middle or lower castes.
Kumudtai’s journey into Sanskrit began with great interest and eagerness with Gokhale Guruji, her teacher at school…At the University, the Head of the Department was a well-known scholar and he took great pleasure in taunting Kumudtai…Despite the adverse comments she successfully completed her Masters in Sanskrit…. Source: Kumud Pawade (1938)
Read the source and answer the following question.
Do you think sanskritisation is a gendered process? Give a reason for your answer.
On which of the following the influence of Sanskritisation could be seen?
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Identify the concept that does not agree with Sanskritisation?
The path of development called Modernisation was taken up by ______.
The term Sanskritisation was coined by ______.
Westernisation does involve the imitation of external forms of ______.
______ led people towards social mobility.
Read the source and answer the question:
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Mention the kind of Westernization being referred to in the given source.
"Sanskritisation seems to justify a model that rests on inequality and exclusion." Give two reasons to support this statement.
Sanskritisation seems to justify a model that rests on inequality and exclusion. Explain this model.
Assertion (A): The impact of Sanskritisation is many sided.
Reason (R): Its influence can be seen in language, literature, ideology, music, dance, drama, style of life and ritual.
What is meant by 'Great Tradition?
Westernization gave rise to the formation of a sub-culture of Indian intellectuals. Give two characteristics of this sub-cultural group.
