Question

Answer any one of the following questions in 120 – 150 words:
(a) Gandhiji said, ‘‘Freedom from fear is more important than legal justice for the poor.’’ How does it become clear from the lesson ‘Indigo’ that freedom from fear is an essential condition for justice?
(b) Give instances from the chapter, ‘The Rattrap’ to show that most of its characters are victims of loneliness.
(c) Douglas has a near-death experience in his childhood which has a negative as well as a positive outcome. Justify the statement with evidences from the text.

Answer 1

a) Gandhiji from his statement wanted to convey that till the time both our mind and heart is free from fear, we can not get anything we want.

• The same applies to the poor, who want legal justice against the many atrocities that have been waged against them. Above all, they must leave their fear behind and demand their rights without inhibitions.
• From the ' Indigo ' lesson the point becomes more evident. In the lesson we see how Gandhiji helps Champaran's sharecroppers to lose their terror and voice their comcerns against the British landlords.
• He instils in their hearts the freedom from fear and gives them a sense of self-confidence and independence. That is the only direction in which the oppressed can march for legal justice.