GS4 · 10 marks · 150 words

"Two ways of building character - cultivating strength to challenge oppression, and tolerate the resultant hardships that give rise to courage and awareness." -Sardar Patel

Answered by 6 toppers · CSE 2025

Human ValuesIndian Thinkers

Syllabus: Ethics and Human Interface: Essence, determinants and consequences of Ethics in-human actions; dimensions of ethics; ethics - in private and public relationships. Human Values - lessons from the lives and teachings of great leaders, reformers and administrators; role of family society and educational institutions in inculcating values.

How toppers approached it

From all 6 answers · about 150 words · 17% drew a diagram.

Opening

  • No separate opening83%
  • A definition17%

Body

  • Points67%
  • Points and prose33%

Close

  • A summary50%
  • No separate close33%
  • A quotation17%

The toppers’ answers

A R RajahAIR 7 · CSE 2025 · 118 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening

Sardar Patel, the architect of modern India, talks about the various methods of building character and personality.

Body · points and prose

Diagram
Meaning conveyed via the quote => Building character 1) Strength (moral and physical) to battle the oppression metted out on people. 2) The hardships faced should be used as weights to train the muscles of courage and awareness.

Present Context :-

  1. Tribal Welfare → Stand up against oppression. → Found a voice for themselves. → Actively built their awareness.

Eg: Tribal protest against Vedanta corporation for mining.

(2) Untouchability → Strength to battle the system → NGO's helping in spreading of awareness Eg: 2-tumbler system prevalent in T.N. → identified by IAS Supriya Sahu.

(3) Oppression of a nation → People to build strength → Work against the oppression of dominant nation.

Close

Eg: Israeli suppression by 'starvation technique' on Palestine.

Thus, as Periyar E.V.R proclaimed, oppression has to be fought to snatch back the rights that were alienated.

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