Originally posted by: niyati13
Wow..stumbled upon this thread..
Cannot help sharing my views on Gandhiji..of course u all r welcome to disagree ..but just personal thoughts..
Gandhiji did what was required at that time to bring India out of slavery..talk, negotiate, boycott..all means..People may slam him for his idea of non violence..but tell me how many countries have achieved true freedom with violence? All we have r disputed borders and terrorism..If things could've been achieved by violence and aggression such people would be ruling the world.
Instead we have passive aggressive people who control this world..
British didn't enter India by violence..they entered through trade. And trade was the reason for their exit.
Boycott of foreign goods, non cooperation and the World War broke their backs to n extent that it was no longer economically viable for them to stay in India. But to violence, we lost many Bravehearts and bright minds who could've contributed to free India.
Be true to your cause and keep on making efforts..u will succeed if u exist.
What is needed for long term success is the ability to maneuver through times..adapt to changes and turn the tide in your favour. What else explains the continued success of few business houses like Tata and Reliance while many others lost their sheen?
Ye Veeron ki Dharti hai aur zarurat padne par veerta dikhani bhi hai..but thoughtless aggression does more harm than good.
So I am not a part of this Gandhi bashing brigade..what he did towards the cause of freedom wasn't wrong.
Wrong was the idea of partition..the person who came up with it didn't put much thought into it..and if Gandhiji had n option to stop it and didn't.. that was wrong.
How was it practically possible to divide India on the basis of religion? How can a person settled down South or far East leave his home and everything he owned to settle in n unknown land in the west? That thought of uprooting a person from his homeland..that itself was wrong. Logistics issue, economic and cultural problems..all of this wasn't considered. Dividing a geographically vast and culturally varied land on the basis of religion was a big blunder.
It wasn't made by Gandhiji..but he is blamed for that..if he could've stopped and yet approved of it that's his blunder.
About his personal life, some things r documented and some aren't.. so better to leave it to interpretation
Bold - Don't think he's being slammed for that...
Most of his detractors even here give him credit for that
Blue - I didn't understand that part... Are U saying if we had fought with violence terrorists will be ruling us right now?
Kabhi Neem Neem Kabhi Shahad Shahad
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