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Notes Points for Precis making
1. History is witness to the fact that the weak have always been exploited by the strong.
2. ‘Might is Right’ holds true even in the advanced world of today.
3. The exploitation of the weak and the poor, be it a person, class or a nation, continues by the rich
and strong for their own selfish ends.
4. The world is virtually held to ransom by the big five industrialised countries.
5. They appear to conspire together to put down any attempt of the third world countries to improve
their position.
6. It is indeed sad to see the weak and the poor in a hopeless situation.
Precis
History shows that the weak, have always been exploited by the strong since time immemorial.
‘Might is Right’ holds true even today. The exploitation of the weak and poor, be it a person, class, or
a nation; by the rich and strong for their own selfish ends continues. The world is virtually dominated
by the big five industrialised countries, who suppress attempts of the third world to improve their
plight. The cause of the weak and poor is always defeated. (80 words)
Title
1. Might is Right
2. The Plight of the Weak
Example: 3
In India, the Khilafat Movement and the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre brought Mahatma Gandhi into
prominence. His non-cooperation campaigns of 1921, his Salt Satyagraha in 1930 and finally his ‘Quit
India’ movement in 1942 alongwith the developments back home forced the British to grant us
independence, and sovereignty to India. In this process, not a single action using force and violence
can be cited which Gandhiji or one of his millions of followers indulged in. The splinter groups in the
Indian National Congress who did not agree on this method of achieving independence and thought
violence to be the only method leading to the country’s freedom broke away from Gandhiji and the
Congress, but Gandhiji did not compromise his ideals at the expense of expediency. For him, the end
justified the means and since the end of India’s independence was something noble and unique, it
had to be achieved through noble and peaceful means.
Gandhiji was basically a social reformer who spiritualised the arena of politics. He fought hard to
uplift the downtrodden masses of India. The under-privileged, the Harijans and members of other
scheduled and backward classes were equal to Gandhiji. He championed the movement to remove
untouchability and exploitation from the country. To identify himself with the poverty-stricken masses
of India, he wore the dress of a common man. He always travelled in the third class. To give a
vocational bias to our education, he evolved the ‘Nai Talim’. Drinking, he held, was an evil akin to or
even worse than prostitution. He highlighted it in all its gory after-effects on the person, the family
and the society and gave a call to all Indians to give up drinking as a habit.
The Light has indeed gone out of Indian politics after the Mahatma’s death. ‘The living flames’ of his
ideals which Nehru said, in his funeral oration, have long been dead in our hearts. (317 words)
Key-words
Massacre : general killing, slaughter
Campaigns : organised course of action to arouse public interest
Cited : quoted
End : result
Arena : a place or scene of activity or conflict
Downtrodden : trampled on, tyrannised over
Championed : supported, defended

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