With reference to the book Desher Katha written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements : 1. It warned against the Colonial State hypnotic conquest of the mind. 2. It inspired the performance of swadeshi s

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With reference to the book “Desher Katha” written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle, consider the following statements :
1. It warned against the Colonial State hypnotic conquest of the mind.
2. It inspired the performance of swadeshi street plays and folk songs.
3. The use of ‘desh’ by Deuskar was in the specific context of the region of Bengal.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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IAS

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The correct statements regarding the book “Desher Katha” written by Sakharam Ganesh Deuskar during the freedom struggle are:

  1. It warned against the Colonial State hypnotic conquest of the mind.
  2. It inspired the performance of swadeshi street plays and folk songs.

Statement 1 is correct. “Desher Katha” was a political pamphlet written by Deuskar in 1907. It was critical of the British colonial rule in India and warned against their strategies of controlling the minds of Indians.

Statement 2 is also correct. “Desher Katha” inspired the performance of swadeshi street plays and folk songs. The book was widely read and its ideas spread through the medium of street plays and folk songs.

Statement 3 is incorrect. The use of ‘desh’ by Deuskar was not in the specific context of the region of Bengal. Rather, it was used in the broader context of the nation as a whole.