pyq/2014/psir-optional-i/1

Comment on the following in about 150 words each : (50 marks, 150 words)

(a) "political theory is not an escape mechanism but an arduous calling." (John Plamanetz)

(b) "All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility." (J. S. Mill)

(c) "Nationalism is not a mere political programme but a way of life like religion." (Aurobindo Ghose)

(d) "India has thrown up a form of judicial democracy that has no parallel anywhere else, and has nurtured a kind of civil society that is uniquely its own." (Bhikhu Parekh)

(e) "Power is never the property of an individual; it belongs to a group and remains in existence only so long as the group keeps together." (Hannah Arendt)