Comments on: M K Gandhi’s Autobiography

By: 257257

257257 — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:03:53 +0000

Gandhiâ€™s autobiography is a most moving and humbling piece of work.There are not much material written on Gandhiâ€™s childhood.Do u know of any stuff like books,blogs , website ?? This book itself seems to be an incredible piece of his experiments with truth.

By: Sohan

Sohan — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 10:05:22 +0000

Hi,
good stuff !!
There are not much material written on Gandhi’s childhood.Do u know of any stuff like books,blogs , website ??

By: uma

uma — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:03:48 +0000

Gandhi’s autobiography is a most moving and humbling piece of work.

By: ankush

ankush — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:08:48 +0000

I share notions similar to TTG. Also I have heard that there an infamous (and banned) book on Gandhi which decries his policies and holds him responsible for massacre at time of Independence. Any ideas what it contains?

By: Smiley

Smiley — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:28:38 +0000

Hi,

He is an amazing personality. Politics is all about lies and to speak only truth there made him great.

What TTG says is partly correct in the sense that America pushed Britain for Indian independence. But “I guess at the very least, we can say that WE kicked the British out” is totally wrong. But that is the wrong idea a few educated Indians have.

The fact remains that the British were always hesitant to leave India. There are archives of letters which show their hesitation. There is this incident around 1946-47 where the Bombay navy revolted. That delivered the “knock-out” punch on the already worn-out Brits. At that time India became an “ungovernable” country. So overall, their best option was to get out.

“I always find it very surprising to note that for a very long time, Gandhi didnâ€™t want to kick the British out. He was very happy being part of the Empire, he just wanted better treatmentâ€¦..!”

is another misinterpretation. Yes, Gandhi did feel like that during the 20s and early 30s when he felt we were not ready for governance. But not later when he called upon the “Quit India movement.”

By: Pardeshi

Pardeshi — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:41:02 +0000

Dear Atanu and TTG,
I’ am living in France where they fought two colonial wars , one against the Algerians and the other against the Vietnamese after the WW2 , with much of bloodshed on both sides of the belligerents. I have always been wondering why those who have seen the WW2 atrocities couldn’t settle for a non violent peaceful negotiation to give indepedence to these countries.
My feeling is that without AHIMSA we in India would have taken up arms against the British ! You never can rewrite History…

By: TTG

TTG — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:28:31 +0000

Your post inspired to go watch “Gandhi” again, just to remember what the man was all about. I think nobody can argue that the man came up with the most amazing idea to kick the British out. Now a little blasphemy – after WW2, England (and Europe) was pretty much a depleted force, I figure the British would have left India anyway – yes they didn’t leave Hong Kong for a long time, but those are very different colonies, taken under very different circumstances. America was pushing many of the European countries to vacate their colonies…But I guess this just makes Gandhi all the more important – I guess at the very least, we can say that WE kicked the British out. I always find it very surprising to note that for a very long time, Gandhi didn’t want to kick the British out. He was very happy being part of the Empire, he just wanted better treatment…..!

By: Ritu

Ritu — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:28:18 +0000

This book itself seems to be an incredible piece of his experiments with truth.