Comments by "" (@kallachi729) on "Historians, politicians refute Rajnath claims of Gandhi asking Savarkar to file mercy petitions" video.
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This thing about Gandhiji, ahimsa, nonviolence, Indian independence etc. has intrigued me since my school days. I have yet not been able to comprehend that showing the other cheek when you get slapped on one, is a nonviolent act. It actually invites more violence. The World, (who is the “world”?) celebrates Gandhiji’s nonviolence, but I still am dumb and miss the point. Have those who talk of Gandhiji’s nonviolence, “ideals” and eulogize Gandhiji, especially those from the Western Nations, really abjured violence? How has the pursuit of this concept of ahimsa and nonviolence helped India’s progress? Just saying niceties in diplomatic parleys is not the same thing as doing ii that way. Maybe, I am missing a lot somewhere. I will keep looking.
Tailpiece: It is a moot point whether the British left India because of Gandhiji or they left the way they departed, because of Gandhiji. There is an old saying in Malayalam, loosely translated reads like “You can’t subdue a raging bull (enemy) by whispering the Vedas into its ears”
Disclaimer: No Indian who had thoughts of independence in the decades before 1947, is irrelevant. This is only a point of view and I am not going to go to the end of the Earth arguing for it; to each her own.
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