Mubarak Ali: Society

Mubarak Ali is Historian, activist, scholar. Explore interesting quotes on society.

Mubarak Ali: 24 quotes 0 likes

“In our society, we don not study history to understand the process of change but just to entertain ourselves with past events. For this reason, history is not regarded as a useful subject. The history that we teach in our educational institutions is political history and, as such, it is used by the ruling classes.”

Mubarak Ali

In the Shadow of History, Chapter: Why should we study History? p. 4
History, What History Tells Us, In the Shadow of History

Study , History , Understanding , Past

“Culture plays also an important role in the life of minorities, who are generally discriminated in such societies where there is no political and religious freedom. Under these circumstances, their cultural values and symbols help them to retain their identity.”

Mubarak Ali

In Search of History, Chapter: Cultural Intervention and Social Change, p. 13/14
Culture

Life , Help , Freedom

“There are two types of writers: those who write to support the existing system and prove and augment its legitimacy through their writings. On the other hand, there are those who critically examine society and make an attempt to restructure and reform it on the basis of fresh ideas.”

Mubarak Ali

Dimensions of History, Chapter: Intellectuals and Society, p. 56
Writer

Idea , Support , Making love

“However, the question who built Taj Mahal no longer remains a mystery. Surely it was not built by Shah Jahan but by architects, calligraphers, masons, stone-cutters, and metal workers and ordinary laborers who built it and made it a symbol of creative mind of the Indian society.”

Mubarak Ali

In Search of History, Chapter: Conspiring against Taj Mahal, p. 47
History, Architecture

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