Was Gandhi a Traitor?
Note : I AM NOT A GANDHI FAN MYSELF.
Does Mahatma Gandhi actually deserve all the respect and praise we Indians give him? Did he actually fight for our Independence or just wanted a “Kursi” for himself.
I can’t answer this myself. I know little about the man. The only knowledge I have about him is from the History textbooks. I’ve read some more about him but that is still not enough for me to form an opinion. Arjun & Niharika are strongly against Gandhi. But are they right when they call him names?
Gandhi was a great leader. He sacrificed his luxuries. He was not a poor man. Infact he was quite well-off. Then why did he choose to wear just a Dhoti and roam around the country interacting with people, trying to make them follow the path of non-violence? He could have easily pursued a career in Law.
People say he was a traitor, he made bad decisions. Well, to err is human. Everybody makes mistakes – You & I.
Long time back, Arjun made me read this article – GANDHI: Traitor to the People. Now is the author justified when he calls Gandhi a traitor? I personally feel he is not. And neither are Arjun & Niharika. Everybody is entitled to his or her opinion but they should actually think when they make any comment. They might know just a little more than I do about Gandhi.
We all are the children of a free, independent nation. In addition to respecting our nation, our freedom, we also need to respect the people who were behind it, who sacrificed their lives, their comforts so that we may live our lives the way we are living today.
You might call Gandhi an ass-licker. You can call him a coward. But the reality is that none of us have even the courage to do the things the man did. The revelutionaries were great in their own way and so was Gandhi. We must learn to respect the great leaders and people from our country rather than criticising them all the time.
Finally, here is what Nathuram Godse had to say about Gandhiji.
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“Was Gandhi a Traitor?”