ORGANISATIONS AND FREEDOM STRUGGLE IN MUMBAI KARNATAKA

Book excerpt: Hardekar Manjappa in Karnataka was very much influenced by Swadeshi movement of Tilak that is why he exhausted his people to realize the ideas of Tilak on his own example. He liked Tilak’s views on national education. Tilak’s concept of education was: “That which gives us knowledge of the experience of our ancestors, that which enables us to become true citizens and to earn our bread is called education.1 That is why Manjappa said, education is not conductive to self-reliance and relaxing living among the people, does not deserve to be called by that name. He was of the opinion that we should not remain content with the existing system of education which makes us fit only for subordination and servitude. Therefore, he laid stress upon technical and religious education. By technical education he meant that education should provide a sense of self security.2 The aim of education should be to provide capacity for self employment. He advised thousands of our youths that they should go to the highly developed countries of the west to receive education in industrial technology, and after their return they must help to augment the national wealth.3 The work of educating the people is the accountability of the educated few