Indian Renaissance “The beginnings; Rammohan Roy”
Indian
literature existed since long. We shall see the beginning of India literature with a reasonable
mind. If we have to inquire, we must see three factors: the race, the milieu,
and the moment. ‘Our race’ is mixed Indian race because of invasions, conquests
and occupation within a period of five thousand year. ‘Milieu’ is various
because of vast subcontinents. Geographically and culturally there is a great
variety. While moment’ covers the meeting of the west and India.
During
17th and 18th century India was chaos. Many westerners
came and began to rule while the Indians themselves were divided. It was the
waste-land. Neither vitality of life nor intellectual activity was found so
life was miserable. Economy and trade flourished, social system of cast and
creed was maintained. Decadence was there but not.
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