Kerala Plus Two Gandhian Studies (DHSE) case studies
Kerala Plus Two Gandhian Studies (DHSE) · Put your knowledge to work in context.
Gandhian Studies is a Higher Secondary elective offered under the Kerala Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE) and examined at the end of Plus Two. It suits students who want a humanities-oriented subject alongside their core stream, and it is assessed in the written examination pattern used across DHSE subjects - short answers and longer essay-type responses rather than objective-only testing. The Kerala Plus Two Gandhian Studies (DHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,648 words.
1Road Blockade or Silent Picketing? A Waste-Plant Satyagraha in Kozhikode
In a coastal panchayat in Kozhikode district, 180 households live within 300 metres of a proposed waste-treatment plant. The panchayat has leased 1.2 acres to a private operator; trucks will pass a lower primary school and a 60-bed primary health centre.
795 words, about 4 min2Eight Lakh Rupees and Five Gandhian Priorities
A gram panchayat in Palakkad district has ₹8 lakh from a rural development fund. Five proposals are on the table: (a) a khadi spinning unit with 12 women, needing ₹2.5 lakh for looms and six months of stipends; (b) 40 household toilets, ₹1.2 lakh; (c) a women's self-help group for vegetable cultivation, ₹1.5 lakh; (d) a communal-harmony library and reading room, ₹80,000; (e) drainage and well chlorination in the SC colony, ₹2 lakh.
729 words, about 4 min3Trusteeship in a Loss-Making Coir Factory
A family-owned coir factory in Alappuzha has 120 workers, most of them women, and has made losses for three years. The owner, 68, wants to sell the 2.5-acre site to a builder for ₹9 crore.
756 words, about 4 min4The Resort, the Wetland and the Village Commons
A panchayat in Idukki district is considering a 60-room resort on 4 acres beside a wetland that feeds two paddy fields and a tribal hamlet's drinking-water spring. The promoter offers ₹40 lakh to the panchayat, 22 permanent jobs, and a road.
718 words, about 4 min5Whose Satyagraha? Commemorating Kerala's Temple-Entry Movements
A higher secondary school in Thrissur is preparing a 20-minute documentary on Gandhian movements in Kerala. The script says 'Gandhiji led the Vaikom Satyagraha and the Guruvayur Satyagraha.' A local historian objects: Vaikom was launched by T.K.
650 words, about 3 min