Choose one of the following questions to answer for this week’s discussion post. Use quotes from the reading assignment to support your argument
Answer.
1. According to Gandhi, the English did not conquer India by force, Indians had given them the country. What does he mean by this? What is the condition of India according to Gandhi?
2. What does it mean to be afflicted by “modern civilization”? and are both the English and Indians afflicted by this disease that Gandhi calls “irreligion”?
Week 7 discussion question:
Why does Tarabai Shinde criticize upper caste Hindu constructions of womanhood in her book, “A Comparison Between Women and Men”? Why are those constructions of womanhood a problem for women?