UPSC Mains 2018 · GS IV · Q6(b) · 10 marks · 150 words

What do each of the following quotations mean to you in the present context ? “Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.” — Mahatma Gandhi

हिन्दी में

वर्तमान संदर्भ में निम्नलिखित में से प्रत्येक उद्धरण का आपके विचार से क्या अभिप्राय है ? “क्रोध और असहिष्णुता सही समझ के शत्रु हैं ।” — महात्मा गाँधी

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Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “Given below are two quotations. For each of these bring out what it means to you in the present context. (a) The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision. Mahatma Gandhi.”

Vishakha YadavAIR 6 · CSE 2019 · 160 wordsTheir whole copy

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The given statement implies a constructivist view of the truth which can have different meanings based on different perceptions and understandings. Similar study has been done by scholars such as Foucault and Derrida to find accomodative meanings behind the various discourses.

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Gandhiji was a spiritual person who advocated truth (Satyagraha - insistence on truth) to conduct his personal and political life. A person can be tolerant only if he/she has the persistent audacity to see the instances of truth, rationality and mutual respect for different viewpoints.

Indian constitution also recognise the value of toleration and pluralism as the Bulwark of Indian society.

Today, when we see rising instances of the mob lynching, intolerance in society and the religious fundamentalism, the values of mutual toleration and Satyagraha find even more importance.

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Globally, to address the diverse non-conventional threats among differing nations to deal with climate change, non-state actors we need accomodation and mutual toleration as the global golden rule of conduct.

4 more toppers’ answers to this question, part by part, and how they all approached it: open the question.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2018, General Studies Paper IV, Q6(b). The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.