Q26. With reference to the book ‘Desher Katha’ written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements:
- It warned against the Colonial State’s hypnotic conquest of the mind.
- It inspired the performance of Swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
- The use of ‘desh’ by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer: A
- Statement 1 is correct: Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar (1869-1912) a close associate of Sri Aurobindo was a Marathi Brahmin who had settled in Bengal, Sakharam was born in Deoghar. His text, titled DesherKatha (Story of the Nation/Country), written in 1904, warned against the colonial state’s ‘hypnotic conquest of the mind’. The book describes in exhaustive detail the British commercial and industrial exploitation of India. The government of Bengal banned the book in 1910 and confiscated all the copies.
- Statement 2 is correct: This book had an immense repercussion in Bengal captured the mind of young Bengal and assisted more than anything else in the preparation of the Swadeshi Movement.
- Statement 3 is not correct: In his book, Deuskar uses ‘desh’ in the context of the whole country
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