Q3. Comment on the wide gap between the reality of contemporary India and Tagore's concept of India.
Ans. In the poem, ‘Where the Mind is without Fear;, the poet
Rabindranath Tagore cherishes ideal conditions for his country. He thinks
that political and economic freedoms are useless if the people are not mentally
free. Our mind should not be a slave to any dogmas, narrow-mindedness, and
social or moral evil. He thinks of a country where people are fearless,
courageous, and brave. There should not be any barrier that divides his
countrymen on the basis of colour, caste, and creed. His countrymen
should be free to increase their knowledge. Education in his country should be
free for all. The people of his country should be broad-minded, honest,
and generous in nature. They should be true to their word actions
and thoughts. If all these qualities are imbibed into the
personality of the people, then, his country would really become a heaven of
freedom on the earth.
But in reality, we find quite an opposite picture. The people of
our country are still slaves to so many evils. They are not mentally strong.
Fear still prevails in the minds of people. Dogmas,
narrow-mindedness, and social or moral evil is still present. Discrimination on
the basis of colour, caste, and religion is present in the minds of many people.
So there is a wide gap between the reality of
contemporary India and Tagore's concept of India.
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