Authors:

Divyeshkumar Bhatt

Abstract:

Human civilizations on the earth have a curious history. In the initial phases it is common that different human groups in the different parts of the world initiated their struggles to establish their stable, safe and secure habitats. In this their struggle went on with the natural phenomenon and overpowering them. But the very next phase on the timeline displays the horrible part of colonialism in which the powerful nations under their pride, and in order to prove their sovereignty tried to crush and overpower those who were weak, gullible or unorganized. The colonial powers firstly entered the foreign land with either mercantile purpose, then took charge of the political authorities and lastly took the reins of the entire administration of those nations in their hands. In general understandings and opinions the Western especially the European Nations ransacked the globe and established their colonies in all corners of the world. The rest of the world was on the receiving end. Be it Africa, America, Australia or Asia, the European hegemony ruled supreme in the domain of political establishments during the 18^th, 19^th and the major part of 20^th centuries on the map of the world. In compare to the European atrocities towards the colonized subjects, the other cultures seemed honest and self sufficient who never tried to gulp down the territories of other nation or cultures through their armed forces or through their political sagacity. Adverse to this kind of generalizations, Japan exercised her atrocious military powers on her neighboring, peace loving nation Korea. This comes as a shock to the writer, when he studies the oppressive measures undertaken by the Japanese Administration to suppress the non-violent, disciplined movement of the 20 million Koreans to free their ‘Mother Korea’ from the shackles of oppressive foreign rulers. And he undertakes an exercise to write down a full length book depicting this struggle of Koreans in a vernacular Indian Language, Gujarati. This author is Zaverchand Meghani and his book is Asia Nu Kalank. (The Infamy of Asia)  

Keywords:

Freedom, Struggle, Movement, Non Violence, Violence, non Cooperation, Nationalism

Vol & Issue:

VOL.13, ISSUE No.4, December 2021