Ramarajya

  • Gandhi’s Vision of Ramarajya: A Critique – Part II

    Ramkrishna Bhattacharya The extent of democracy Is Gandhi’s Ramarajya a land of the equals with all economic disparity gone? The utopias conceived by many writers since the sixteenth century do so. Gandhi held out no such hope in this regard. On the other hand, he categorically declared: [The] Ramarajya of my dream ensures equal rights…

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  • Gandhi’s Vision of Ramarajya: A Critique: Part I

    Ramkrishna Bhattacharya Ramarajya, ‘’the kingdom of Rama,’ is the projection of an ideal state in the Sanskrit epic, Valmiki Ramayana. When Rama, after rescuing Sita, his wife, from the demon Ravaṇa, came back from his fourteen-year exile, he was given back his kingdom by his devoted brother, Bharata. Rama, we are told, was a model…

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