Perhaps its our own fault...in our country, we have indeed lost the capacity to think deeply...but I see this changing fast..in a somewhat crude fasion.
But you are an intelligent man..so..what would you have our leadership do..
1.Disband the Indian Army?
2.Disband the Police and Paramilitary?
3.Any more suggestions towards making ourselves totally non violent?
Now...you will think me to be a fool and teach me the true meaning of Gandhi's Non Violence..
Dilip...do you realise that if you do not accept these above points...according to your argument against the govt. you will end up siding with them?
Its better..to believe Gandhi to be more intelligent. He was right if he saw a situation realistically..
Surely he slipped badly when he advised the British to let Hitler walk into Britain...psst..you don't agree with that do you now..Dilip?
Why do you insist in making Gandhi and the rest Gods?? I am wrong..even Gods have been subjected to scrutiny in this country.Dilip..you display strong signs of the semite...an instant anger when faced with questions about Christ or Mohammed...
I wonder if the majority of people on this forum are pretending to have not comprehended the extract in discussion.
It is so clearly evident that the quote has been manipulated to propogate the government's ideology, well and good if the government wants do that but not at the cost of disfiguring another person's ideologies. Well that is the whole point Dilip tries to explain in his article and has gone to the extent of including an 80 year old publication to illustrate the same. What i fail to understand is that why so many of the readers are deliberately willing to look at the article with a skewed vision.
Well i guess all of you can take up voluntary positions in the Gujarat State Governments Public Relations Department.
So, what are you trying to convey? That we should allow Pkistan and Bangladesh to sweep through India and start non-violent struggle for liberation? Remember Nehru's policy following the Ahimsa Dharma and neglecting the Indian Armed forces? Remember the subsequent beating at the hands of Chinese? Why can't you say that this ad is for encouraging armed forces of India who sacrifice their lives os that you can live a colorful life in your posh apartment in Mumbai and peddle such dribble? If the ad is selective quote of Mahatma, so this article.
This is incomplete article, it onesided. Author should also tell to Indians how the Gandhians have behaved with freedom fighters who differed with them. I name some like Bhagat Singh, Azad, Subhash Bose, Tilak etc. etc. Gandhians who ruled India owe a explanation or rather appology. Why Subhash and Patel were not given Bharat Ratna immediately after independence?
Gandhi is undermined by Gandhians or nehruvians and by nobody else.
How come this has become your article? Half of the article consists of Gandhi's post in some magazine. Might be better to name the whole article in his name.
Moreover, what is your point??? In this changing world, where some countries are adopting pre-emption as a policy, you still want India to follow non-violence path. I guess, you would still show your other cheek, when you have been hit on one.
What is Dilip D'Souza trying to arrive at? Gandhiji did say that peace is preferable, so do all of us now also believe. But Gandhiji also said that it would be preferable to take up arms so that we as a nation are not subjugated. There is no contradiction in this. And one should not forget that times do change and the views of individuals also change with changing environments, situations, etc. If Gandhiji were to be living today, he would have changed his views on several matters including nonviolence.No nation can ever stick to one man's ideology or opinion, regardless of the situations, howsoever Great the individual be in the same manner as the Congress Party itself had taken initiative to dismantle the Public Sector Institutions which were the 'temples' for Nehru.This does not mean undermining or belittling Gandhian Philosophy in any manner.
Mr. D'souza, something you should understand - Hindus by nature are non-violent. However, the Gita, says that one should take up arms to protect dharma. I have more faith in the Lord himself than in a human albeit the Mahatma himself.
As for trusting governments, the second sentence is not a result of the former. Gandhi says, practice non-violence UNLESS you have to protect your honor. The first sentence encompasses both cluases and the second sentence is actually redundant.
