11-26-2006, 11:38 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Mudy+Oct 17 2006, 07:11 AM-->QUOTE(Mudy @ Oct 17 2006, 07:11 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Together these two guys killed majority population customs and aspiration.
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I am surprised that people here refer to two of the most important figures in world history as 'guys.' <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Mahatma Gandhi understood the Indian psyche very well, which was why he advocated ahimsa. Not due to his own cowardice, because a coward wouldn't have the guts to face the lathi. But since he perceived most indians to be cowards, the Mahatma felt ahimsa was the only way. There was no other way for a weak, cowardly people to fight back. So Gandhi had to make the most of what he had, namely a clueless, hapless people. Even Aurobindo advocated this sort of passive resistance.
And his support for muslims was a tactical move, in order to defeat the Brits. Gandhi was a brilliant politician and a tactician. His various activities and 'eccentric' ways must be understood in this connection only. He wasn't an ordinary person, so it isn't always easy for ordinary people to understand his motives.
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I am surprised that people here refer to two of the most important figures in world history as 'guys.' <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> Mahatma Gandhi understood the Indian psyche very well, which was why he advocated ahimsa. Not due to his own cowardice, because a coward wouldn't have the guts to face the lathi. But since he perceived most indians to be cowards, the Mahatma felt ahimsa was the only way. There was no other way for a weak, cowardly people to fight back. So Gandhi had to make the most of what he had, namely a clueless, hapless people. Even Aurobindo advocated this sort of passive resistance.And his support for muslims was a tactical move, in order to defeat the Brits. Gandhi was a brilliant politician and a tactician. His various activities and 'eccentric' ways must be understood in this connection only. He wasn't an ordinary person, so it isn't always easy for ordinary people to understand his motives.