10-16-2006, 04:21 AM
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..... British did not want to negotiate with Gandhi since was too powerful and he negotiated <b>under his own terms</b>.
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Acharya, what might be those terms?
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Mahatma Gandhi was a "soft" bully who manipulated people who respected him to get what he wanted. The British, with their parlimentary sense of fair play found it difficult to be violent to a man preaching non-violence. It was the first time satyagraha was used protest. Hindus also respected Mahatma Gandhi and followed him. He used this respect to go into fast until death to get concessions regarding Bose election, Patel election, the issue of partition, the rioting hindus at Naukhali and giving 55 crs to pak. He has repeatedly bullied hindus and people who loved and respected him. It is this respect that made him powerful. Imagine what would have happened if india was ruled by less principled country like the portugal/spain/germany/US. Gandhi would have been nuetralised very early, possibly even in South Africa and we would have had to win our freedom thru war.
But all this bullying stops when it comes to muslims and muslim league, who deeply distrusted him and made Gandhi bend to their wishes. This is a character flaw in the Mahatma that made him a liability for hindus and india. Islam teaches its followers to exploit these weeknesses, things like fair play and justice. No wonder muslims thought Gandhi was weak, the more he tried to win them over, more concessions he made and more they lost respect.
The key to hindutva is to reverse the softening of hindus because of gandhi.
..... British did not want to negotiate with Gandhi since was too powerful and he negotiated <b>under his own terms</b>.
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Acharya, what might be those terms?
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Mahatma Gandhi was a "soft" bully who manipulated people who respected him to get what he wanted. The British, with their parlimentary sense of fair play found it difficult to be violent to a man preaching non-violence. It was the first time satyagraha was used protest. Hindus also respected Mahatma Gandhi and followed him. He used this respect to go into fast until death to get concessions regarding Bose election, Patel election, the issue of partition, the rioting hindus at Naukhali and giving 55 crs to pak. He has repeatedly bullied hindus and people who loved and respected him. It is this respect that made him powerful. Imagine what would have happened if india was ruled by less principled country like the portugal/spain/germany/US. Gandhi would have been nuetralised very early, possibly even in South Africa and we would have had to win our freedom thru war.
But all this bullying stops when it comes to muslims and muslim league, who deeply distrusted him and made Gandhi bend to their wishes. This is a character flaw in the Mahatma that made him a liability for hindus and india. Islam teaches its followers to exploit these weeknesses, things like fair play and justice. No wonder muslims thought Gandhi was weak, the more he tried to win them over, more concessions he made and more they lost respect.
The key to hindutva is to reverse the softening of hindus because of gandhi.