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Assurance of Learning 2

Problem DomainExploration

Analysis Ethical Analysis

Who are the key subjects, what arethe key objects, properties andevents (SOPE) in the problemdomain?

Subject Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal

Object Under privileged ormarginalized section of society| Woman |INA |AIDWA |British Rule |C I!"#

Properties- A life $ourney of

activist% freedom &ghter andrevolutionary Captain 'a(shmi)ehgal*

Events + "oving to )ingapore | ,oining INA | artition |Refugeepro-lem from Bangladesh |)i(hRiot |,oining C I!"#| Campaignagainst "iss World ageant|residential .lection | assing of Captain 'a(shmi

/rom the given case and

additional data researched%Capt 'a(shmi )ehgal% a doctor-y profession 0as arevolutionary* 1er life 0asgreatly in2uenced -y socialand political conditions of hertime* Right from her childhoodre-ellion against e3istingsocial stigma anddiscrimination against tri-al%her -ecoming a doctor 0ith apurpose of serving poor andespecially 0oman% herassociation 0ith INA as leaderof 0oman4s 0ing and her-ecoming "inister of Woman4s a5air 0e can seeevolution of an activist Capt'a(shmi* )he 0as greatlyin2uenced -y some of theladies in her life !1er mother%

)uhasini% her daughter)u-hasini#* )he 0asmotivated -y 0oman cause*

,oining all 0oman regiment of INA can -e seen in this light*1er campaign against "issWorld ageant can -e seen incontinuation* Any call forhelping poor% 0oman ormarginalized section of society 0as enough for this&ghter to motivate !servingrefugees after partition%helping refugees fromBangladesh% her stand during)i(h right#*1er inclinationto0ards left ideology may -eseen in this light*

Is your SOPEobservationalan analytic searchhonest! ob"ective anunbiase #

redisposition isunavoida-le* I tried to -eneutral as far as possi-le-ut I have some -asicassumptions* 6heidentity of Capt* 'a(shmi)ehgal is strongly lin(ed0ith her association 0ith)u-hash Chandra Bose4sINA* Without this identityCaptain 'a(shmi )ehgal-ecomes Dr* 'a(shmi)ehgal and is lostamongst many unsungheroes of freedom

movement and socialactivists 0ho stoodagainst the 0rong insociety*

I have -ased my opinion-ased on the factsavaila-le in case andsome internet search* Icould not &nd anymaterial to remove mypredisposition*

"y )7 . o-servationaland analytic search ishonest% o-$ective andun-iased as far aspossi-le*

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$hat are the basic legal!ethical an moral issuesinvolve in the SOPEomain#

Legal Issues% + Arrest under British Rule+ Arrest during her

campaign against "iss0orld pageant*

Ethical Issues%- ,oining C I!"#- Campaign against "iss

World ageant*

&oral Issues- Divorce- ,oining 0ith forces 0ho

0ere critical of )u-hashChandra Bose

$hy o you consi er themlegal!ethical or moral# Are thereother legal! ethical anmoral

issues you have noti enti'e #

Legal Issues% Although herregiment never 0ent in toactive com-at% she had-ro(en the la0 -y -eing partof a radical group INA fromBritish Rule perspective andhence 0as arrested* /rom

pu-lic perspective !Indiansunder British Rule# she 0as afreedom &ghter and this actcannot -e seen from legalpoint of vie0* )he 0as againarrested for protesting against"iss World ageant* 6his actof her if not illegal% de&nitely0as threat to la0 and order*

Ethical !ssues"

Joining CPI (M) or bending towardscommunist ideology Communistsderided Netaji as running dog of imperialism when he defied theCommunist call for support to theBritish during World War II and her strong opposition to the Miss !orldPageant raises some ethical "uestions.Communists still "uestion #eta$i%srole in aligning with &'is Power (Japan ermany and Italy) and doubt

his aggressi*e patriotism. Can weimagine Capt Sehgal%s identitywithout her association with I#&+,his may not be unethical butcertainly this weakens her associationwith #eta$i.

&s a member o- &I !& she wasarrested -or the march against the

$hat are theimplications anrami'cations of theselegal! ethical anmoral issues#

6hese issues% if notaddressed or ans0eredproperly% have potentialto a5ect greatness ofCapt* 'a(shmi )ehgal*

6here are some space forcritics to lo0er theeminence of Capt*'a(shmi )ehgal*

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beauty competition. &s a woman who-ought all along her li-e -or the causeo- woman her stand is probably notunethical. She might ha*e consideredMiss !orld Pageant as an act o- commoditi/ing woman hood. Manymay consider this against -reedom o- e'pression.

#oral !ssues" Morals are values thatwe attribute to a system of beliefs, bethey religious, political or philosophical, and has potential tohelp or harm anyone includingyourself. or some, her divorce andmoving to !ingapore to avoid certainissues, may be a moral issue. "lsoher joining of communists raises#uestion of morality as this haspotential to harm sentiments whonever doubted patriotism of !ubhashChandra Bose. #o doubt Capt Sehgalis an e'emplary role model in mayterms

6he issues 0hich 0e could notanalyze are her actions as astudent* 6he case materialdoes not through any light onher activities as studentduring freedom movement*

We suddenly see 'a(shmi)0aminathan as a doctorleaving for )ingapore aftersome narrative from herchildhood*

(istory or narrative of )eySOPE elements

October 2*! +,+* + Date of Birth*+, . + Received "BB) from"adras "edical College*+,*/ 8 After her failedmarriage left for )ingaporeDecember +,** + "arch toBurma -egan -y INA&arch +,*0 + the decision toretreat 0as ta(en -y the INA

$hom o you inclu e orexclu e in the SOPEnarrative an 1hy# $ith1hat conse uences! anto 1hom#

I 0ould li(e to include- )tudent4s movement in

9:;< for freedomstruggle and her role oropinion*

- 6he reasons=motive forher inclination to0ards

Is your SOPEnarrative! history ananalysis fair! accuratean factual#

>es* 7ur )7 . narrativeis -ased on the factspresented in casematerial* 6hese facts0ere further veri&ed -ysome more sources!ne0s paper archive%internet search% etc*#* We

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leadership&ay +,*0 + arrested -y theBritish army&arch +,*3 + )end to Indiaafter house arrest in Burma%

INA trials in Delhi intensi&ed*&arch +,*4 + Captain 'a(shmimarried Col* rem ?umar)ehgal% a leading &gure of theINA*Early +,4/s 8 Daughter)u-hasini $oined C I!"#%+,4+ +left for ?ol(ata forserving needy fromBangladesh in -order area*+,42

+ ,oined C I !"#+,.+ 8 AIDWA formed% Capt*)ehgal 0as one of the foundingmem-ersOctober! +,.* 8 Assassinationof "rs* Indira @andhi% the then" of India*December +,.* + Bhopal @as

6ragedy+,,3 8 "iss World ageant%Bangalore+,,. + a0arded the admai-hushan -y Indianpresident ?* R* Narayanan2//2 + /ought residentialelection against Dr* A , ?alamas 'eft4s candidate*

5uly 2 ! 2/+2 + 'eft forheavenly a-ode*

left ideology* Was it-ased on her free 0ill

- Communist4s opinionto0ards )u-hashChandra Bose

!politically may not -ecorrect#

6his 0ill help me in removingmy -iases* Based on thenarrative I descri-e Dr*'a(shmi )ehgal as activist0ho struggled for the cause of marginalized section of society and for 0oman4scause* I am not a-le (no0Capt* 'a(shmi )ehgal asfreedom &ghter* 6his 0ill helpmany li(e me*No e3clusion* "oreinformation is al0ays good*

tried to -e as neutral aspossi-le 0hile analyzingthe case* )o the analysisshould -e factual andaccurate*

Explanation of the SOPEnarrative from an ethicalan moral perspective6he &ght 0ill go on% trulydescri-es this lifelong &ghter*Capt* 'a(shmi )ehgal neverlost any opportunity to servethe needy% poor and 0oman*

La1s not complie %- Under British rulesiding 0ith INA 0asagainst the la0

- Arrested for protestingagainst "iss Worldageant*

&a"or social an cultural

Are you loo)ing forthe right antece ents!eterminants anconcomitants#

We have e3ercised duediligence in trying tocome up 0ith the right

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.ven she did not hesitate inleading all 0oman regimentsand ris(ing her life for thecause she -elieved in* )he 0ason 0ar front along 0ith the

-rave hearts of INA &ghting fortheir country in the $ungle ofnorth east and Burma leaving-ehind her comfort as one ofmost prosperous doctor in)ingapore*

6his 0as Capt )ehgaldemonstrated a high ethicaland moral values* 6hisremained 0ith her 0ith rest of

her life* Whether it 0as 2ood of refugees from a(istan indesperate medical need or callof ,yoti Basu for helpingrefugee from Bangladesh orvictims of Bhopal @as tragedyCapt 'a(shmi )ehgal 0asal0ays there to ta(e the 0or(*We can see the soldier in Capt'a(shmi )ehgal During 9:E;?anpur )i(h riot 0here shecame in open to protect thevictims*1er protest against "iss Worldpageant may -e for furthering0oman cause -ut casts someshado0 from ethical and moralperspective* )ome may seethis against free 0ill of 0omanor cultural activism*

antece ents F W. can al0ays&nd some great people 0holeft -ehind their foot prints0e can follo0* 6hese peoplesacri&ce their life for a larger

cause and -ecomeantecedents for many moregreat lives to follo0* In thiscase% )ehgal herself 0asin2uenced -y )u-has ChandraBose* 1er father 0as a 0ell(no0n la0yer* 1er mother asocial activities* 6he nationalmovement running parallel toher formative years has also

great in2uence on her life*)he 0as also in2uenced -y)uhasini and her daughter)u-hasini% -oth leftist*&a"or social 6 culturaleterminants%1er father 0as a 0ell (no0nla0yer and her mother asocial 0or(erG she 0ase3posed to social 0or( andfreedom movement !-urningof her cloths -y her mother on)0adeshi call# at early age*1er family 0as activelyinvolved in /reedom )truggle0hich made a huge impact onher from the childhood% and&nally drove her to0ardsta(ing up social 0or( as amainstream occupation&a"or social 6 cultural

concomitants FCapt. Lakshmi Sehgal is mostlyknown -or her Social !ork her

political side o- li-e was also acti*ely brewing. She inclined towards le-t politics and she hersel- admitted thatshe ne*er -elt like making lot o-money. She Joined Communist Party(Mar'ist) and &I !&. &lso she was

antecedents%determinants andconcomitants* 7nly thefacts and issuespresented in the case

have -een used toidentify rightantecedentsdeterminants andconcomitants*

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analysis. ,here are instances where wecan see her *iew4point appreciatingdi*ersity o- thought and secular*alues. ,his might gi*e an alternati*eS2P3. Secular credentials I#& and

communist are well known and her-amily en$oys great di*ersity.

muslim by her work amongre-ugees.

Con-ronted &nti4Sikh mobs in0anpur ensuring no Sikh-amilies be attacked in her

*icinity In 5678 she lead a medical

team to 9hopal a-ter the gastragedy despite dangerousconditions being pre*alent*icinity

&oral solutions%$ Con-lict between Captain

Lakshmi and her grandmother regarding her interaction with

tribal girl$ 9urning o- -oreign goods byher mother

$ i*ersity Marrying a northIndian. 1er daughter marriedto a Muslim

!e would rate her working withre-ugees and di*ersity 1ighest.

1ith an exhaustive setof solutions;

Learning from AOL2

!e understand that predisposition is

una*oidable and aware o- ourassumptions. !e ha*e learnt thesigni-icance o- predisposition andkeeping our assumptions under check.!e ha*e learned to be *ery cautious o-the way we analy/e anything. !3learned the signi-icance o- "uestioningour analysis and "uestion acti*ely i-our biases are neutral or i- we aredoing $ustice -rom all *iew4points. ,hise'ercise may help in increasing myability to analy/e issue at handcritically and present di*erse

perspecti*e.

(o1 1e can reinforcelearning#

Learning is a life long "ourney; $e shoullearn to uestion tolearn; =ight problemonly lea s to rightsolution; >e a1are ofour pre isposition anrea a lot;