MODERNITY AS UNDERSTOOD BY GANDHI, NEHRU AND AMBEDKAR

Indian subcontinent witnessed western modernity through colonial intervention. Modernity was indeed conceived differently not only by the different thinkers of different time period but also its impact on the people of Indian subcontinent was not similar. From this different and heterogeneous impact the language used by the important thinkers of modern India was poles apart with different sets of objective through which they tried to transform Indian society. It is in this context the objective of this paper is two fold, firstly, it wants to give vocabulary to the language used by three important thinkers of modern India - Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar while dealing with the predicament of Modernity. Secondly, from the usage of different vocabulary , their different set of objective orientations can be followed and understood. As a result of which a different form of politics originated which provided us different forms of trajectories in order to access the idea of emancipation and freedom.