{"id":2585,"date":"2025-05-04T19:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2025-05-04T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:26:00","slug":"q-who-among-the-following-is-associated-with-songs-from-prison-a-translation-of-ancient-india-religious-lyrics-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-who-among-the-following-is-associated-with-songs-from-prison-a-translation-of-ancient-india-religious-lyrics-in-english","title":{"rendered":"Q. Who among the following is associated with \u2018Songs from Prison\u2019, a translation of ancient India religious lyrics in English?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Bal Gangadhar Tilak<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jawaharlal Nehru<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarojini Naidu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6816d0cfa8c37\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gandhi made these translations during his incarceration in\u00a0<strong>Yeravda Prison in 1930. The other editor was John S Hoyland.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Songs from Prison\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0is a collection of\u00a0<strong>ancient Indian religious lyrics<\/strong>\u00a0translated into\u00a0<strong>English<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Context:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gandhi translated these texts while he was imprisoned during the\u00a0<strong>freedom struggle<\/strong>. His work reflects his deep engagement with\u00a0<strong>spirituality<\/strong>\u00a0and his effort to share the essence of\u00a0<strong>Indian religious thought<\/strong>\u00a0with a broader, English-speaking audience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Content:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The translations in this collection include spiritual songs and hymns from various sources, such as the\u00a0<strong>Bhagavad Gita<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Bhajans<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>verses from saints like Tulsidas, Kabir<\/strong>, and others, reflecting Gandhi\u2019s belief in\u00a0<strong>non-violence (Ahimsa), truth (Satya), and universal brotherhood<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Impact:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Through this work, Gandhi emphasized the role of spirituality in political action, drawing inspiration from ancient Indian religious traditions for his\u00a0<strong>philosophy of Satyagraha<\/strong>\u00a0(non-violent resistance).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer:&nbsp;(c) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[42],"years":[52],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-modern-history","years-52"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":42,"label":"Modern History"}],"years":[{"value":52,"label":"2021"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":42,"name":"Modern History","slug":"modern-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":42,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":87,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}