বর্তমান সময়ের প্রেক্ষিতে ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগরের ভূমিকা: একটি পর্যালোচনা
Volume-XI, Issue-I, October 2022
Volume-XI, Issue-I, October 2022 | ||
Published Online: 31.10.2022 | Page No: 62-69 | |||
বর্তমান সময়ের প্রেক্ষিতে ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগরের ভূমিকা: একটি পর্যালোচনা তীর্থ মণ্ডল, সহকারি অধ্যাপক, রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান বিভাগ, দেশবন্ধু মহাবিদ্যালয়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত | |
The Role of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in the Context of the Present Time: A Review Tirtha Mondal, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Deshbandhu Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal, India | |
It scarcely needs to be mentioned that Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar is still relevant in the contemporary society of India. Against all odds and adversities. Vidyasagar had emerged as a pioneer of Bengal Renaissance by virtue of uncompromising and relentless struggle. All these were the outcome of his commitment to the society. He also contributed significantly to lead a country ravaged by medievalism and stagnancy. In order to grasp the significance of Vidyasagar's contributions, we need to refer to what he worked on to flourish Bengali language in general and Bengali prose to spread modern education in Bengal. He also carried out relentless struggle to eradicate superstitions and meaningless on the society in the name of religion. Now a day there is a common trend to get the term "progressiveness" diluted according to one's convenience. But for Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar the term "progressiveness" had deeper, wider and truly significant connotation. Objective analysis of his life and works based on scientific methodology alone can bring out the true significance of Vidyasagar's contribution. By virtue of progressive outlook Vidyasagar understood that Europe, enriched with its Renaissance and equipped with modern science and technology, could make progress in multiple directions. He had the realisation that orthodox Hindu traditionalism will not do to lead Indian towards modernity. What he prescribed was the exercise of reasoning. Scientific outlook alone can extricate a backward nation from the shackle of medievalism. Language is the vehicle of thought. He realised that Bengali as a language must be in parity with other modern languages as a necessary condition of modernity. He also played a leading role to include female education in his agenda. A nation can hardly prosper if women folk of a society at large are left illiterate. So, we may conclude that a comprehensive outlook of Vidyasagar had contributed to lead a back ward nation to advance towards the path of modernity. | |
Keywords: Social consciousness, struggle, modern education, Female education, illiterate, progressiveness. |