Read the passage. Choose the most appropriate option from the options given:…
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Read the passage. Choose the most appropriate option from the options given:
As part of the great cultural renaissance generated during the post-independence period, there has occurred a most meaningful encounter with tradition in various fields of creative activity. The return to and discovery of tradition was inspired by a search for roots and a quest for identity. This was a part of the whole process of decolonization of our lifestyle, values, social institutions, creative forms and cultural modes.
The modern Indian theatre, product of a colonial theatrical culture, felt the need to search for roots most intensely to match its violent dislocation from the traditional course. Directors like B.V. Karanth, K.N. Panikar and Ratan Thiyam have had a most meaningful encounter with tradition and, with their work, have reversed the colonial course of contemporary theatre and put it back on the track of the great Natyashastra tradition. It sounds paradoxical, but their theatre is both avant-garde in the context of conventional realistic theatre, and still belongs to the Natyashastra theatrical tradition.
Decolonization is the process of
Answer: A. Becoming independent from — Concept: Decolonization is the process of undoing colonial control and recovering autonomy. It can apply not only to political rule but also to values,…
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Becoming independent from
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Becoming dependent on
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Relying on
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Learning from
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Correct answer: A
Concept: Decolonization is the process of undoing colonial control and recovering autonomy. It can apply not only to political rule but also to values, institutions, cultural forms, and ways of thinking shaped by colonial power.
Application: The passage describes a search for roots and identity, the reversal of the colonial course of Indian theatre, and a return to the Natyashastra tradition. In this context, decolonization means becoming independent from colonial influence.
Contrast:
Becoming dependent on means increasing dependence, which moves in the opposite direction from recovering autonomy.
Relying on means continuing to use another source for support, whereas the passage emphasizes reversing colonial influence.
Learning from means gaining knowledge or ideas from a source; it does not by itself describe the removal of colonial control.
Cross-check: The phrases “search for roots,” “quest for identity,” and “reversed the colonial course” all point to freedom from colonial influence.
Result: Therefore, decolonization here is the process of becoming independent from colonial influence.