Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.1
Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.1
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c5.1
Traditionally, what has been the attitude of the Indian people, collectively as well as individually, towards state power or political authority? The prevalent view seems to be that, with some rare exceptions, the people of India have been docile, inert and submissive in the extreme. It is implied that they look up to their governments as children do towards their parents. Text books on Indian history abound with such views.