4.
What did the unnatural fervour of the 'foot soldiers
result in ?
Answers
The unnatural fervour of the foot soldiers resulted in building dams
Explanation:
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and a Man Booker Prize winner in 1997. The above reference is taken from her book "The God of Small Things" where she refers to Jawaharlal Nehru's ‘Dams are the Temples of Modern India’ speech. After independence, Nehru believes that our foot soldiers threw themselves into the business of building dams with unnatural fervour.
Dam-building grew to be equated with Nation-building. However, Nehru later began to regret this disease of gigantism. It is understood that we wanted to show that we can build big dams and do big things. But continuing on the same line will damage the lives of many people. So these big projects should not be undertaken just for the sake of showing off. It is the small irrigation projects, the small industries and the small plants for electric power, which will change the face of the country.
Answer:
Construction of Dams
Explanation:
The question has been referenced from the book The God of small things.
This book was written by Suzanna Roy and the given line was actually stated by Nehru.
Nehru promoted the construction of dams as he belived that it was the need of economic survival and progress and that is why he said that our foot soldiers did unnatural fervour for the construction of dams