Re: [nukkad] Gandhian Blunders : 2

[Shaurya <>]

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It is really easy to attach fault to one person here. The Hindus were under
no obligation to follow what Gandhiji believed in. Yes, he was a leader, but
if he had been wrong, someone would have replaced him... the fact remains
that Gandhiji remains one of the very reasons as to why the British had to
leave India.


On 9/23/06, Rohit Zaveri  wrote:
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> Verdict is Yours : 69To continue with exploding a myth called Mahatma
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> 6) Gandhiji's fanatical adherence to non-violence culminated
>     in giving advice to Hindus not to use force even in self-
>     defence, i.e. even when attacked by Muslims. What he
>     clearly meant to suggest to the gullible Hindu masses
>    was that they should be ready to be killed rather than
>    harm the attackers determined to kill, because in his
>     opinion violence was not permissible even in self-defence.
>    That is why he, the de facto dictator of the Congress
>    rejected the resolution of the Gaya session of Congress,
>    which permitted the use of force in self-defence to the
>    Congressmen. This mismove of Gandhi gave muslims
>    a licence to kill. Obviously he saw nothing wrong in it.
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> 7) Gandhiji's insistance on the doctrine of non-violence at whatever cost
> and human toll so much obsessed the minds of Congressmen that in the
> Congress camp, a soldier was cursed as sinner and a petty spinner was nursed
> as a saviour of nation, protector of mankind !!!
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> 8) As the independence came within sight, the Muslim League stepped up
> bouts of violence on innocent people,
> mainly the Hindus and Sikhs, particularly in provinces where muslims
> formed majority. As natural reaction, the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha were
> preparing themselves for a fitting backlash but Gandhiji was determined to
> thwart their efforts.
> On 6 th May 1946 while talking to Socialist workers he said : '' We shall
> then pitch our non-violence even against League's violence. We shall settle
> with League by offering our innocent blood to be spilt without spilling and
> we will succeed.''  Thus credulous Hindus felt confounded and confused,
> bewildered, bamboozled and brain-washed and above all divided over the
> course of action to be taken in a contingency situation, suffering heavy
> losses whenever communal trouble erupted.
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> More on Mahatma's heroics in the next mail.
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> Rohit Zaveri.
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