09-05-2005, 12:37 AM
It does not matter what Gandhi really was. For the future of India it matters, what Gandhi is remembered as. Gandhi is compared to Christ. Christ believed in offering another chick if some one slaps on one. so did Gandhi. Do devoted Christians follow that? do devoted Christians criticize Christ? Would Christianity have survived if it was followed according to Christ's beliefs? But it did. and it is the largest religion in the world. And Christ is still its prophet.
Point?
History has Gandhi=greatness=India. Play along fellows. Spreading hate for Gandhi is not going to undo what he did. Gandhi and his team are in the foundation of 'modern India'. good men or not they are in the foundation of independent India. All of them are no more. What wrong they did could not be undone by critisizing them today. If we critisize them today a feeling of distrust will follow for our 'founding fathers'. we will stay divided and bitter towards our history and our own. Read Gita any one? we only have right on what we are given.
So let us take Gandhis, Nehrus(yes even Nehrus), Patels let us adorn them with gold and garlands let us sing their praise and what great they did for our country. let us repeat and flaunt what was good about them, let us down play what was not so good. Let us know the history. But let us decide what it means. A meaning that is for the good of the future of our country.
No great heroes of the history lived the way history says they did. Churchill is respected as Britainâs greatest patriot. the Leader who brought Britain out of world war, winner, but he was not even elected to the office soon after WWII. how often is that said about Churchill?
Let me offer my garland to Gandhi. Believe this to be true.
"Legacy of Gandhi is not non violence, but Pride. Gandhi had no doubt about his rights to freedom. He did not wanted to behave like a thief to ask what was his. Therefore he did not support violence. He believed India was his country and he will go to the British look him in the eye and tell him to leave. To stand staring at the barrel of the loaded gun is bravery, to stand in the line of dandi march in bravery. Gandhi or his followers were not coward but they decide to fight with honor. that is their legacy. He did not wanted to fight like Palestinians are doing today. throwing stones and running away. He was like laxmi bai of jhansi. Laxmi bai was like Gandhi. She did avoided violence till the end. and then fought bravely when every possible effort of peace failed. If Gandhi had a legitimate army and a kingdom he would have fought bravely like Laxmi bai. He was a leader of honorable men and a proud culture and we shall all be thankful to him and his followers to give us a history clean of any guilt or misdoing. And let us make that important."
Point?
History has Gandhi=greatness=India. Play along fellows. Spreading hate for Gandhi is not going to undo what he did. Gandhi and his team are in the foundation of 'modern India'. good men or not they are in the foundation of independent India. All of them are no more. What wrong they did could not be undone by critisizing them today. If we critisize them today a feeling of distrust will follow for our 'founding fathers'. we will stay divided and bitter towards our history and our own. Read Gita any one? we only have right on what we are given.
So let us take Gandhis, Nehrus(yes even Nehrus), Patels let us adorn them with gold and garlands let us sing their praise and what great they did for our country. let us repeat and flaunt what was good about them, let us down play what was not so good. Let us know the history. But let us decide what it means. A meaning that is for the good of the future of our country.
No great heroes of the history lived the way history says they did. Churchill is respected as Britainâs greatest patriot. the Leader who brought Britain out of world war, winner, but he was not even elected to the office soon after WWII. how often is that said about Churchill?
Let me offer my garland to Gandhi. Believe this to be true.
"Legacy of Gandhi is not non violence, but Pride. Gandhi had no doubt about his rights to freedom. He did not wanted to behave like a thief to ask what was his. Therefore he did not support violence. He believed India was his country and he will go to the British look him in the eye and tell him to leave. To stand staring at the barrel of the loaded gun is bravery, to stand in the line of dandi march in bravery. Gandhi or his followers were not coward but they decide to fight with honor. that is their legacy. He did not wanted to fight like Palestinians are doing today. throwing stones and running away. He was like laxmi bai of jhansi. Laxmi bai was like Gandhi. She did avoided violence till the end. and then fought bravely when every possible effort of peace failed. If Gandhi had a legitimate army and a kingdom he would have fought bravely like Laxmi bai. He was a leader of honorable men and a proud culture and we shall all be thankful to him and his followers to give us a history clean of any guilt or misdoing. And let us make that important."