Remembering Raja Ram Mohan Roy

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1506410233939","data":"It often makes we wonder what we did to deserve someone as fantastic as Raja Ram Mohan Roy. <\/p>Born on 22nd May, 1773 in the Bengal Presidency of The British Empire, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, known only as Ram Mohan Roy back then, studied in various schools, mastering different languages and being exposed to a variety of ideas even before he became an adult. This, I believe, laid the conditions for him to form his views and go on to become one of the most important reformers in India. Of the many hats he wore, being a reformer and a journalist are perhaps his best known work. <\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1506411287488","data":"59ca069200e49"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1506411290064","data":"We read in our school's history textbooks that Raja Ram Mohan Roy was instrumental in abolishing the horrific and inhumane practice of Sati, a ritual where a widow was required to jump into the funeral pyre of her deceased husband and sacrifice herself. What we do not know is that Ram Mohan Roy fought tooth and nail to bring about this change and even when he effectively managed to get it outlawed, there were still stubborn conservatives who refused to let go of the practise. <\/p>Over time, however, it became less common until it was completely abolished. The 19th century in India, as we would learn, would hold another bloody chapter in the history of the country, one that would kickstart the Indian Independence movement with the full fury of the common man. <\/p>From the pages of Wikipedia, 'Ram Mohan Roy\u2019s experience working with the British government taught him that Hindu traditions were often not credible or respected by western standards and this no doubt affected his religious reforms. He wanted to legitimise Hindu traditions to his European acquaintances by proving that \"superstitious practices which deform the Hindu religion have nothing to do with the pure spirit of its dictates!\" The \"superstitious practices\", to which Ram Mohan Roy objected, included sati, caste rigidity, polygamy and child marriages.[23] These practices were often the reasons British officials claimed moral superiority over the Indian nation. Ram Mohan Roy\u2019s ideas of religion actively sought to create a fair and just society by implementing humanitarian practices similar to Christian ideals and thus legitimise Hinduism in the modern world.'<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1506411719127","data":"59ca06a79137c"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1506411720992","data":"Of course, Raja Ram Mohan Roy would be disappointed to learn how much Caste still affects Indian lives, ever prevasive and omnipresent in our society, letting the casteists judge their fellow human being simply by the circumstances of their birth, but his work in giving women some semblance of agency was, in itself, a ground breaking effort in pushing Indian society to the present world. I honestly do not know where we would be as a society if it was not for him. <\/p>Raja Ram Mohan Roy died on this day, September 27, 1833, in Bristol, England. He is currently buried at Arnos Vale Cemetery in East Bristol, and the British have honoured his memory ever since. <\/p>"}]

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