Gandhi, «Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth»
Biography | ISBN 0807059099 | 1993 Year | PDF | 1.9 Mb | 269 Pages
| “ | Gandhi's nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation, and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. Although accepting of his status as a great innovator in the struggle against racism, violence, and, just then, colonialism, Gandhi feared that enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding. He says that he was after truth rooted in devotion to God and attributed the turning points, successes, and challenges in his life to the will of God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices (he called himself a fruitarian), celibacy, and ahimsa, a life without violence. It is in this sense that he calls his book The Story of My Experiments with Truth, offering it also as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps. A reader expecting a complete accounting of his actions, however, will be sorely disappointed. | ” |
Mahatma Gandhi was the person who spent his entire life educating the people of INDIA to abhor casteism which is unfortunately still a prevalant form of racism in India. He called the untouchables (Name given by upper caste persons to lower caste persons) as Harijans meaning childern of the god hari / Vishnu and ate along with them Etc Etc.
He even propounded the message God is one and his names are many. The part of the song which he wrote in Hindi is as follows 'ishwar Allah tere naam' meaning Lord Shiva & Allah is the name by which you (God) is called.
Enough of my rambling.
Regds,
"Martin Luther King" Gandhi
Gandhi took a few wrong decisions like indirectly forcing Subhash Chandra Bose to step down as an elected Congress president. It was bapu Gandhi and chacha Nehru who by mistake took a few wrong decisions and trusted a few wrong people.
If Gandhi was a racist then why the South Africans (incl Nelson Mandela) still respect him?
"Addressing a public meeting in Bombay on Sept. 26 1896 (CW II p. 74), Gandhi said:
Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness."
"In its editorial on the Natal Municipal Corporation Bill, the Indian Opinion of March 18 1905 wrote:
Clause 200 makes provision for registration of persons belonging to uncivilized races (Editor's note: meaning the local Africans), resident and employed within the Borough. One can understand the necessity of registration of Kaffirs who will not work, but why should registration be required for indentured Indians who have become free, and for their descendants about whom the general complaint is that they work too much?"
You did Not convince me that Mr. Ghandi was a racist with this copy paste thing...in a few simple words: You have NOT made yourself clear!!!
Khulekani Ntshangase, a spokesman for the ANC Youth League, defended Gandhi, saying the critics missed the bigger picture of his immense contribution to the liberation struggle.
Gandhi's offending comments were made early in his life when he was influenced by Indians working on the sugar plantations and did not get on with the black people of modern-day KwaZulu-Natal province, said Mr Ntshangase.
"Later he got more enlightened."
(http://www.trinicenter.com/oops/gandhi.html)
No offense but anyone who reads this man's writings should be aware that he was a RACIST. He hated black people and this is well documented in his own words. Just google "gandhi racist"(minus the quotes) and you'll find all you need to know.
I think @ technoshaman has idea of Gandhi's life. I hope you are not a Zulu from Durban. If you happened to be Zulu, you should read the book. Otherwise people would call you a RACIST for your ignorance. I am a great admirer of Mr Nelson Mandela.
The fact is that Gandhi was representing Indian cummunity in south Africa when he was very young. He was not much concerned about the struggle of the black community at that time - He was very young.
I hope you are Zulu from Durban. The fact is that Gandhi was representing Indian community in south Africa when he was very young. He was not much concerned about the struggle of the black community. He was very loyal to the British. He was a little bit ignorant of the Blacks. If you read this book you will find that he was also interested in the welfare of the blacks (Zulus).
read the page 167
"At any rate my heart was with the Zulus, and I was delighted, on reaching headquarters, to hear that our main work was to be the nursing of the wounded Zulus. The Medical Officer in charge welcomed us. He said the white people were not willing nurses for the wounded Zulus, that their wounds were festering, and that he was at his wits' end. He hailed our arrival as a godsend for those innocent people, and he equipped us with bandages, disinfectants, etc., and took us to the improvised hospital. The Zulus were delighted to see us. The white soldiers used to peep through the railing that separated us from them and tried to dissuade us from attending to the wounds. And as we would not heed them, they became enraged and poured unspeakable abuse on the Zulus" PP 167
@ tsmanjurao
***By the way this was originally posted by me about years ago-