Breaking The Shackles Of Slavery

Every year, on December 6, we would hear an outcry about the historic fall of the Babri structure, forgetting the fact that it was a symbol of colonisation, inhuman mass murdering aggression and barbarism, against which the Hindu society had revolted through a movement. It was just a beginning of the larger process of decolonisation. All over the world, there is a growing realisation that not just political independence but breaking the shackles of colonialism in the intellectual and cultural realms is the real objective of decolonisation. All nations are trying to reconnect with their roots and uprooting the symbols of slavery. The British and American universities have become the main centres of this intellectual discourse. Unfortunately, Bharatiya intelligentsia with colonised minds and flawed prism of secularism always prefer to denigrate all such attempts in Bharat. Now when the grand Ram Mandir is reconstructed at Ayodhya and Bharat is ready to take new strides in the Amrit Kaal, we must resolve to get rid of all signs of slavery which is essential resolve for realising all other national objectives

- Ravi Kumar

While inaugurating Kartavya Path at India Gate in September 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the symbol of colonialism-Kingsway or Rajpath-will now be history. This move should be seen as a part of the Modi Government's larger vision to do away with symbols of colonialism.

ERASING THE MOSQUE

Similarly, erstwhile Babri Masjid, meaning the Mosque of Babur, was a controversial structure in Ayodhya. The site was reminiscent of Mughal tyranny. Mir Baqi, a general of the Mughal emperor Babur, destroyed the Hindu temple in 1528 CE and built a structure on its site. To corroborate this, Archaeological Survey of India conducted an excavation and found many evidences which suggest the presence of a Hindu structure underneath. The High Court noted that the Babri structure was not built on vacant land and the excavated relics were not Islamic in nature. The structure, a symbol of slavery, was razed to the ground in 1992.

RENAMING AURANGZEB ROAD

Aurangzeb Road in Delhi was renamed to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road by NDMC on August 29, 2015. It is home to several Indian billionaires such as ArcelorMittal's L N Mittal, KP Singh of DLF, and Max Healthcare's Analjit Singh. The renaming of Aurangzeb Road to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road drew criticism from various sections of historians and politicians, such as Sharad Yadav of Janata Dal, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati, Tariq Anwar of Nationalist Congress Party and Asaduddin Owaisi of AIMIM.