Re: Re: [nukkad] Gandhian Blunders : 2

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  Gandhi's message of love should not have combined with the agreement to 
accept partition.

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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 Shaurya wrote :
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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.
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>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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