Match List-I with List-II

Choose the correct answer:

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

The correct answer is Option 2  - (A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

John Stuart Mill, a political thinker and an activist in the nineteenth century Britain, offered a passionate defence of freedom of expression, including freedom of thought and discussion. In his book "On Liberty" he offered four reasons why there should be freedom of expression even for those who espouse ideas that appear ‘false’ or misleading today.

It is the understanding of Swaraj as Rule over the Self that was highlighted by Mahatma Gandhi in his work Hind Swaraj where he states, “It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves”. Swaraj is not just freedom but liberation in redeeming one’s self-respect, self-responsibility, and capacities for self-realisation from institutions of dehumanisation. Understanding the real ‘Self ’, and its relation to communities and society, is critical to the project of attaining Swaraj. Gandhiji believed the development that follows would liberate both individual and collective potentialities guided by the principle of justice. Needless to say, such an under- standing is as relevant to the twenty first century as it was when Gandhiji wrote the Hind Swaraj in 1909.

Aung San Suu Kyi's book of essays is titled "Freedom from Fear," reflecting her belief that real freedom is freedom from fear, which is essential for living a dignified human life.

The autobiography of one of the greatest persons of the twentieth century, Nelson Mandela, is titled Long Walk to Freedom. In this book he talks about his personal struggle against the apartheid regime in South Africa, about the resistance of his people to the segregationist policies of the white regime, about the humiliations, hardships and police brutalities suffered by the black people of South Africa.