Why I Both Hated And Loved Abhishek Bachchan’s Character Ganga Ram Chaudhary From Dasvi

Politics in the Indian milieu is replete with corruption. The leaders who are elected to represent the voice of the people, utilize the power they are vested with for their own selfish interests, ultimately leading to the misery of common people who suffer everyday demanding for their human rights and basic amenities of life. It’s been 75 years since the Britishers left us yet the legacy of oppressing the weak by the powerful resides in our nation till today.

Ganga Ram Chaudhary is the representative of those political leaders who are arrogant because of their illiteracy, and possess excessive pride because of their financial solvency, the money they acquire through various fraudulent activities thus befooling the people by whom they are elected.

Dasvi exposes intricately the defects of Indian politics and politicians but also provides education as an antidote of all problems through the depiction of Ganga Ram’s desire to clear his 10th board examination.

The greed for power blinds a person to such an extent that they lose their clear stream of reason and Ganga Ram Chaudhary is a victim of that but however he stands apart from the other morally debased politicians as he acknowledges his flaws and chooses education to enlighten himself so that he can be a better leader for his countrymen.

The journey from a rustic haughty politician to a politician who is made humble through education Ganga Ram Chaudhary preaches the fact that age is just a number it’s never too late to educate yourself, the only thing that matters is one’s determination and self-belief.

On the path to be better

There might be many politicians like Ganga Ram Chaudhary who are incapable or educationally not qualified enough to run the nation or state but what matters is one’s desire to be capable, Ganga Ram Chaudhary’s unswerving aspiration to be a better version of himself through education indeed serves as an inspiration to all the politicians to be better servants of the people through the upliftment granted only if they climb the ladder of education.

I adored Ganga Ram Chaudhary the most when even after passing the 10th board examination and winning the election that he contested against his wife Bimla Devi, he refused to be the Chief Minister of his state but rather chose to be the Education Minister of his state promising to provide free education among all the needy ones so that they don’t meet the same fate as him.

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A statement on better education for everyone

Ganga Ram Chaudhary isn’t an ideal leader and politician for his state, he was steeped in the darkness that comes with immense exercise of power however Ganga Ram chose education as his weapon to sweep away this darkness.

Dasvi not only revolves around Ganga Ram, but through Ganga Ram it gives us a larger picture of Indian politicians and also depicts education as the prime way in which such illiterate politicians can rectify their flawed selves thereby bettering the lives of the people for whom they should work.

Initially I detested Ganga Ram but eventually his metamorphosis into a completely different person who getting inspired by the history of India grows fond of education, will engrave him on my mind for a long time.

Because education is a window to the world – it changes your whole perspective.

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