Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Indigo

Gandhiji told the author Louis Fischer his story. He had gone to the December 1916 annual convention of the Congress. Some random peasant "emaciated" meaning thin, with a shrunken face - like a old man's - came up to him. He was Rajkumar Shukla, from Champaran in Bihar. It was on the foothills of the Himalayas.

Rajkumar was illiterate - he had never read cbse flamingo and vistas - and wanted to complain about the injustice to the Champaran peasants.
"BLOODY BRITISH! Chutiye sale they want 3/20 of our indigo harvest from our farms! MC BC etc etc"
Now Gandhiji sabko bhao nahi dete the. Gandhi said he had appointments in Kanpur 'CAWNPUR' etc and had to go to other parts of India. Shukla followed him for weeks. Gandhi was impressed by his "tenacity".
"Sale ko bhao dena padega... he has tenacity and determination"
He said he would meet Shukla in Calcutta. Shukla met Gandhi and took him to Bihar. Shukla took him to Rajendra Prasad's house, but he was out of town. His servants Shukla ko jante the, but they did not allow Gandhi to draw water from the well because they did not know whether he was an untouchable or not.
"Beta shakal dekhi hai apni...you can stay here, par pani nahi lena"

Gandhi went to Muzzafarpur, where JB Kripalani received him at the station with a large body of students. It was extraordinary, bahut achchi baat thi, because JB Kripalani was a government professor and Gandhi advocated home-rule, which was anti-government.
News of Gandhi's help spread. People and lawyers came to see him; he scolded the lawyers for collecting large fees from peasants i.e. "sharecroppers". He realized law courts were useless, the peasants needed to be freed from fear itself.

Now, recently Germany developed synthetic indigo. This means abhi indigo ke market mei lots of indigo will come, and prices will fall. The british planters who exploited farmers for indigo will no longer get so much money. Basically, abhi unka profit khatam ho raha tha. They had to exit, and tried to make some extra money while going out. They told the farmers, OK we will release you from the agreement, but you will have to pay us compensation ie we are leaving you, but we will take money before going. Hoshiyari dikha rahe the, jate-jate paisa bana liya.
Some peasants agreed. Then they also found out the British were fooling them - now that man-made indigo had come, the British would have to leave anyway. They were angry.

Gandhi arrived in Champaran, but the British Landlord association and the British official commissioner did not help him at all. Gandhi, with help of several lawyers, continued investigating facts. Soon he was given a notice to quit Champaran.
"Sale yaha se nikal"
Gandhi: "Bhok me jaa"
Gandhi telegraphed Rajendra Prasad for help. He sent a report to the Viceroy. Soon thousands of peasants demonstrated for Gandhi, against the authorities. This was proof that British might could be challenged by Indians.

Gandhi pleaded guilty in court, saying that he had a conflict of duty - kya karu ki na karu - he should not be a lawbreaker but also should help common people. He said he obeyed the voice of conscience(the same voice that tells you to stop watching porn and log off facebook and study).
Judge ki thori phat gayi. He asked everyone to wait for a few days.
Gandhi's lawyers said that if he was sentenced, they would go home. Gandhi reminded them of the injustice to the sharecroppers. They then said they would accompany Gandhi to jail.
Then the case against Gandhi was dropped. Civil disobedience had won for the first time in India.

Now all negotiations, inquiries, investigations, planning and recording of evidence took place. There was alot of evidence against the British planters. They said ok, we will pay, but how much? Bhao dena padega, par kitna?
Gandhi asked only 50%. They said no, 25%. Gandhi said ok, we will take 25%, saying that the amount of money was not important, only that unki aukad kam ho gayi. Their prestige was reduced. They had behaved like lords till now and now the peasants gained courage against them. The peasants had rights and defenders.

Then in a few years the British planters left and Indigo cropping disappeared.
Gandhi aisa nahi tha ki he would make large general solutions that should work for the entire country. They look good on paper, but are difficult to achieve in practice. He wanted to help the backwardness of the Champaran district. He called two of his disciples with their wives. His youngest son Devadas and his wife also came to Champaran to help. They set up primary schools, and taught cleanliness.

Gandhi got a doctor. There were three medicines. Castor oil, quinine, sulphur ointment. (wtf?)
Jiske paas coated tongue, usse mila castor oil; jiske paas malaria fever usse mila castor oil + quinine; jiske paas skin eruptions usse mila castor oil + sulphur ointment.
His wife Kasturbai talked to women about their dirty clothes; women replied that they had only one set of clothes. (Dirty to hoenge na behenji...nange ghume kya hum)

Champaran was a turning point because basically, Gandhi declared the British could not challenge him in his own country.
It did not begin as defiance or an anti-British movement; Gandhi was only trying to help the poor peasants. This was Gandhi's pattern - har rooz ki roti-kapda ki problems sambhalta tha woh. He didn't like abstract notions, but was loyal to breathing human beings.

His followed Charles Andrews tried to help him in this movement but Gandhi refused his help. He said that Indians were strong enough to win it on their own, and just because his follower was an Englishman they should not want his help. They should be self-reliant.

Fuck that was long, I don't know if I can write another one.

145 comments:

  1. its gr8 yarr!!!!!!!!
    keep posting few more from class 12 syllabus (eng)

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  2. U rock bro. Totally outstanding!!!

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  3. Bhai samajh me aa gaya...
    Faad the

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  4. awesome ..... this made me to undrstnd d stry .... :D :D

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  5. Second last paragraph -first line- "HIS FOLLOWED"..it should have been "HIS FOLLOWER"..just a healthy correction.

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  8. ye to same to same mera parie karne ka tarika h.....
    Ayese parne se tension nai hota h chapter ko lekar chatna nai parega chahe 100chapters kyu na ho 1din me hi complete ho jayega good
    desi me jo baat h wo firangi me kaha...chahe gaali ho ya story.8-)

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  9. Bhai tum toh maza dila diyo.. pehli baar samajh mein aaya ki chapter mein hai kya.. :D :D
    thanks.. :)

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  10. bhai aaj exam he tune bacha hi liya samajh

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  11. dimaag mein chemical locha ho gaya...rokng....!!!

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  12. I mean kya zabardust likha hai...............kamaal hai yr...WTF language u used ws simply awesome....seems u r so inreresting and my type

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    1. plz anyone comment on my post.....waiting........ :)

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    2. it's wow
      aur he kya summary like this

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  13. awsome dude it helpd me a lot$$$$$

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  14. Its awesum
    understood d whole story in jst 10 mins.......

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  15. Good job with the summary. It's quite helpful. Atleast you're not a lazy git like me :P

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  16. Thodi bich bich me something missing

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  17. wow! i luv it man supperb!! english ko aise padhenge to full hi aayenge!!!
    And what makes me think u r hyderabadi?

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  18. oh god! what the heck have you made out of the story! :o

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  19. Bhai mere me lik kaha thokuu?/
    Gud job broda!!

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  20. maa kasam.... sam samajh gya... d lesson in flamingo is too boring.main so jaati hun wo padhke..
    u rockd it..

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  21. dude literally tune sbhi teachers ki faad di:)

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  22. thanku bhai tri waja se kuch kr lu ga exam mea :D :* :P

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  23. Well explaination was good...but the additions were pathetic! Seemed a bit cheap and below standard. Yet there were some corrections required.

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  24. ekdum sahi walla hai yarr!! gud job :-)

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  25. abey .. thnkss BC ;) aaj exam faar k aayenge :v

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  26. Hey. Thanks a lot for this. Really appreciate it. I actually understood the chapter. :)

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  27. are yr maza a gya ma kasam angrezz bhen k lawde dalle alok andhari

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  28. dude im gonna top da class....hahaahaaa :P

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  29. superb yr...... bole toh jhakass Biddu

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  30. bc joh pure saal samajh nhi aaya voh tu ne samjha diya :)

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  31. Oh shit!! I love this description so much. You are amazing. xD

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  32. This is amazing af xD hahaha..
    Well done seriously (y) It helped me alot !

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  33. Dude thank u for a huge help, bc parso exam hai or mujhe iske baare me kuchh pata hi nhi tha, thanks for writing in this language.

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  34. That was amazing. It helped me a lot.thnx:)

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  35. cool......lykd it yr!!! far far way better thn those dumping guide books.....!!!!!

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  36. awsm yaar........... keep posting.. (Y)

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  37. i dont think that there was any need of using abusive language

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  39. the comments in between! WOW.. :P massha- allah
    it was easier to understand this way..
    thanks.

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  40. amazinglyy amazing man,,, bole to mazza aagaya,,, :D

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  41. good job man, this article was hilarious! :D

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  42. Wow.. too funny 4 words.. good job bro...

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  43. cracking up right now. thanks , man.

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  44. mann.. this was insane.. have bookmarked it on my browser...not just to revise it again.. bt just to laugh again..! ��

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  46. It was the best summary I have read lol.. xD and ur translations that was the best part!! Thanks for uploading!! Hope to see more summaries :D

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  47. super ma understood to the greatest extent

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  49. Sulkily typed out "Indigo NCERT Summary"...Was not disappointed XD

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  50. great attempt of explaining such a long and boring chapter..thanks bro u nailed it..

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  51. Brooo... Ksm se u r amazing.. This fukn asshole chaptr joo mai poore 3 dayz ki class mai nhi smjh paaya abhi abhi 10 mins mai smjh aa gya. Thnkkzzz a lot bro..

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  52. bhai gandhi chutiya hai sach batau.

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    1. Gandhi nahi tu hai....😾
      Vo na hota to bhi abhi indigo hi uga raha hota...

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    2. Gandhi nahi tu hai....😾
      Vo na hota to bhi abhi indigo hi uga raha hota...

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  53. bhai... kick-ass summary... badiya... jhakaas... aur kya style se likha hai tune... mashallah... subhanallah... alhamdurillah... maza aa gaya padh ke... text book ki zaroorat hi nahi padi yaar... tera bahut bahut shukriya... u r amazing just WOW...!!! post more of these summaries, guarantee, no one will get less in their than 95% in literature...

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  55. aisi summary ho to english padhne ki maja aa jaye

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  56. good one!!!! i cmpletely understood every word you xplained using both the languages.

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  57. tbh you are like the friend who teachers the whole syllabus in 15 mins XD

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  58. Thanks everyone :D I wrote this for timepass 4 years ago and just saw that it's still getting comments damn :P Can't believe they still teach this shit

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  59. Bhaiii bahut sahi summary hai
    Aise hi sab chapters ki summary post karte raha karo
    Achha lagta hai

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  60. Bhaiii bahut sahi summary hai
    Aise hi sab chapters ki summary post karte raha karo
    Achha lagta hai

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  61. Just reading 2 paragraph I understood pretty well than understanding the textbook! :p
    Bhai Bahut sahi summary hai

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  62. 22 interest bana ta masala la k ta tai

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  63. God!!superb dude...mazaa aa gaya..yaar aise hi poems ki summary bhej diya karo...

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  64. Loved it…. Super awesome…!!!!!

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  65. Nailed it..Puri book ki nikalo yar..yahi se padhunga mai

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  66. The funniest summary I've read till now.πŸ˜‚

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  67. The funniest summary I've read till now.πŸ˜‚

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  68. The funniest summary I've read till now.πŸ˜‚

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  69. It's great! Literally made my day! xD

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  70. It's great! Literally made my day! xD

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  71. You gold it bro .... Seriously damn innovative

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  72. You gold it bro .... Seriously damn innovative

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  73. Tnq...seriously damm... Cool...

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  74. Tnq...seriously damm... Cool...

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  75. MC BC hai tu sale lekhne ki tameez ni h BC

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  78. Bhai really it was a superb explanation...the way u explained it was just as we are playing some games and learning something....but jo jokes tha wo sabse jyada interesting tha.....keep on posting more summary of 12th cbse English..... thank u !!!

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  79. Don't use rough language u can also explain this in simple language. You are talented but u can show it anywhere else.

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  80. nice summary .... I would want you to post more with the funny language that makes the story interesting overall ... Keep up the good work ....

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  81. madharchod kaisa bakchod hain re lounda bencho kavi padhaie kie ho zindagi me mc likhne ka dhang ni pta h..bc buund mara
    sale baache k fuddi kat rha h behn k lode sale luli

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  82. Interest la diya yrr padhi me ..

    Mko sb chptr ka summary chaiye..
    Awsm bro..

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  83. Woaahhh...this was awesome!!!!

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  84. Thnx man... awesome stuff....very useful when English is the first bamboo coming up...

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  85. Bhai gaande hi phad di sabki (not gand ,but prular form of gand, i.e. gaande)

    Bhai bahute achche way mai samjhaya apne
    Awesome dude

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  86. lol!!!! best way of telling a complicated story
    well appreciable

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  87. Nice nd easy language
    Bole toh jhakasss !!!!!!!

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  88. Bro tune to board main pass kara diya yarrrr.........jo starting se samajh nahi aaya wo tune ek din main clear karwa diya

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  89. Shi ma yr to good...jldi smhj a gaya...πŸ‘πŸ‘

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  90. Its annoying,sala apna exam de diya toh kya dosre ko v fail karwana h kya.

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  91. Its annoying,sala apna exam de diya toh kya dosre ko v fail karwana h kya.

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  92. Tum jese logon ki wajah se hi desh peeche hai gandu walon faltu me kuch aata hai nhin summary post kr rhe ho

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  93. Is Bande Ko Aise summary ke liye Bharat Ratna Dena chahiye ��

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  95. This was great, I actually understood. Thank you so much :')

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  96. Bhai #katai zeher likha h udhamm ek dm it's to easy to understandπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘ŒπŸ‘Œ

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  97. It was really great! I died laughing. XD.

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