Max Muller

MacIntyre Morris Jones

 Neglect of India Pol though
shows Ethno-centric
attitude of the west
 Orientalist who studied in Britain
 Neglect of Indian pol though
 Nowhere in the world human mind has
would lead to Impoverishment
dealt with the issues of life as deeply as in
of the West
India

Prof V R Mehta

 Difference in the way West thinks- dichotomies

o W : Sepn of self and community, individual and society; and Politics and
ethics; nature and culture
o Ind : Danda and Dharma existing together

Kautilya and Machiavelli 

Kautilya’s Arthashastra is an excellent book on statecraft which contains advices on how to
govern a kingdom.
Kautilya’s work was contrary to widespread belief that Indian lack strategic culture.
Max Weber
Pt Nehru
Winternitz  Politics as Vocation
 Kautilya is more Machiavellian
 Discovery of India
 Compared Kautilya and western realist than machiavelli
 Kautilya as Indian
scholars like Machiavelli and Thucydides  If we look at Kautilya’s king,
Machiavelli
Machaivellis prince is harmless
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Aurobindo Ghosh
Great social reformer and educationist
Status at par with RRMR
 The life divine
 The ideal of human Unity
 Asbab-i-Bagawate Hind
o Reasons for the revolt of
 Great Synthesiser : Amalgamation of East and West philosophy
1857 - exploitative british  New lamps for Old : to tell the early moderates what Indian youth was
policies and not Muslims looking for
 The loyal Mohammedans of India  Moderate methods : Political mendicancy

Conclusion Believed in the universal spirit

 India-> Greece-> Europe -> Germany -> India
 India presently needs a reformer
Intro :
like SSAK
Rabindranath Tagore said that the world would know India through AG
 Sachar Committee
Great synthesiser - amalgamation soft the east and the west
 Education is need of the hour
Prophet of Indian Nationalism

Gandhi

Gandhi: The years that changed the world 1914-1948 by Ramchandra Guha: “The hand that
killed the Mahatma is the same hand that nailed the Cross... It is your hand and mine.” Are we
not complicit in making Gandhi irrelevant for our day and age? We lead lives without thought or
care for the disadvantaged. We have to remember the man and his mission. For the same hands
that fed Socrates hemlock, crucified Christ, and assassinated Gandhi, continue to maim and
brutalise our own people.