Re: [nukkad] Gandhiji & others

[zaverirm <>]

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I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure. 
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Please delete my earlier message for there is an error in it.
Rohit Zaveri.
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Is n't it surprising that available information is
conspicuously silent on Gandjiji's conflicts with Bhagat
Singh and with Subhash Chandra Bose.
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Gandhiji did not have conflict with Bhagat Singh. Both belonged to different
ideologies. There was some chance that Bhagat's life could have been
commuted for life sentence, had Gandhiji personally intervened
on his behalf with a plea to the viceroy. Instead of meeting in person, it
is           alleged that Gandhiji mailed or sent by courier his letter,
which the viceroy           claimed that he received it after it was too
late to effect any cghange in decision.
In all general probability, viceroy was in no mood to consider clemency.
Towards the last days in prison awaiting execution, Bhagat Singh had taken
to like Gandhiji's method of non-violent struggle, which he saw
as only possibility to get rid of the alien rule. Bhagat Singh's method, as
he         admitted in letters to his kins and others caused only momentary
scares to the           Empire and were devoid of long  term and permanent
solution. Upon his execution,
he was hailed by Gandhiji as patriot
of patriots, but misguided.
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Gandhiji had many differences with Subhash. These became apperant after a
stormy congress session (I guess at Lahore). Gandhi's will prevailed and
Nehru             was declared Congress president much against the majority
vote which was in
favour of Bose. Dejected, Subhash left the party to found his own
Foreward Bloc. I suggest you to read Subhash's biography by his
friend and renowned poet and musician Dilip Kumar Roy. The most thrilling
part              in Subhash's life was his decision to farewell ahimsa and
chalk out a plan of his         choice for future course of action. Both the
childhood friends met in the serenity           of a riverside in Bengal and
Subhash opens out his mind to Roy, while Roy trying            to console
him through his soft tunes on the violin.
I have a tale to relate how Bose, disguised as wealthy frontier Pathan,
travelled from Bombay to Peshawar and then on to the mountains of
Afghanistan and overland to Germany in Europe. Sometime later on
that.
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Also, Hardly much is available on Nehru's power struggle
with Maulana Azaad and with Sardar Patel.
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Nehru never had any power struggle whatsoever with Maulana Azad. Azad was
never a candidate for any important ministry. Nor his academic or
intellectual              or mass appeal background warranted it. He was
given low rated ministry of
education, and was more than satisfied with it. He held the portfolio till
his          death. With Patel, Nehru had differences, in fact many, not so
much over the
problems of princely states (except Kashmir), but largely over his constant
appeasing of Muslims, during the terrible days of post-independence. Patel
was             the kind of man who really did not care for the power or
position but cared only           for the end results. In order to achieve
what was best for India, he could
have willingly offered his resignation at any minute and on demand. Frankly,
in          order to understand these two personalities, it is imperative
that one knows Gujarati community personally, not by merely reading passages
written by non-Gujaratis,              or even by Gujaratis, but by physical
living contact with various sections of              this community, just
the same way as one can't understand Periyar
without closely and personally knowing Tamilians.
It is impossible that Patel wanted to wrest power from Nehru by any means.
Nor he ever bothered to push his sons/daughters into his shoes. This is
against
Gujarati people's temperament. Not a single chief minister of Gujarat down
from
Jivraj Mehta until today (and there have been almost a dozen) has shown
lowliness
to canvas for his offspring. Nor Narendra Modi will do.
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I will revert after a few days, since tomorrow morning I have to rush to the
airport
early in the morning and the packing chores are yet to be done.........and
no wife
here to ease it out for me!

Rohit Zaveri.



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