the making of mahatma part 2
Then came the opportunity to work in south Africa, the big relief! Gandhi was explained that he was needed for "translation" help for the gujarati boss with his European lawyers . South Africa .... and here again he was humiliated at the hands of white men , and this time it is more severe...
that humiliation inspired gandhi a great fight which ultimately presented the mahatma to the world......? that is a beautiful story but, let us not deviate from reality! yes I am talking about the famous train incident :Gandhi was thrown out of the train for travelling in first class and being colored....
so the point is that the big man( British raj) least wanted Gandhi till here!
i ll continue into the details of what endeared Gandhi to the british raj, how he became the chosen one after this train saga and etc...!
Continuing with the train saga: Later Gandhi tried to impress other station master with his western style dressing etc... to get again first class ticket 'only', to travel further. The station master sympathetic hollander gave him with the condition that Gandhi should leave the first class if asked and would not pursue legally of such an incident if happened...
But, I always travel in first class ...that was his dialogue before he was thrown out of the train...and even after being thrown out Gandhi tried all he can to continue his travel in first class "only"!
what you get? Gandhi who is from the ruling class feudal...always tried his best to be that upper class guy.... He even forced his family wife and children to follow European habits like using spoons and forks etc...
Gandhi the small guy(in reality) tried his best for a first class life and tried to change his lifestyle to make him more acceptable to the British...
But, British raj is not yet ready to embrace Gandhi! none of the Gandhi's efforts in imitating western style etc...helped him to reach the English hand! why would the big man give a hand when he is not gaining anything...?
Now, the making of mahatma
if he fight British raj like other patriots his life would be further ruined ( he is already heavily indebted with his London studies).
British Raj was at its maximum evil when it was dealing with anybody who opposed its raj! it even blew the rebels of soldier mutiny (1857) by tying them to cannon and blowing them off.!
A shrewd person like Gandhi would never take a course that ll potentially harm him!. so, being a patriot like Bal Gangadhar Tilak if not like Bhagat Singh was out of question...! the only way this wretched and miserable can gain his prestige/ respect in society is by being of value to the British raj! Being of value to the british raj means a being a traitor to the nation! being a traitor to the nation makes one characterless and will ruin Gandhi's prestige forever which is not the a safe way....
aah thats a problem ...you should not break the stick but you should kill the snake ( a proverb from my mother tongue: to kill the snake you have to use the stick which has a good chance to be broken if used...so its like asking to do and not to do at the same time)
this is a huge problem only a person as great as Mahatma only can handle it.
Mahatma fixed it this way: we will conquer the british with love!
Now we indians will fight the british raj to conquer but, since we do it with love we will not fight in real. it s like fighting the snake but not trying to kill it! Indians fooled around with the snake under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi! The snake did the maximum damage it could and left only when it had no more energy to play around. before leaving it injected enough of its poison that it always carried in its head: The divide and rule...
clarity: british raj is poison not british people!
the west adventurers died to find a sea route to India... columbus started his voyage to reach India but he discovered America instead...India was hugely rich and was a fascination for all these adventurers....people wanted to come to India....after British raj people in India want to go any where in the world form war zones in Afghanistan to america. The rich India became a poor and miserable nation ....
ok let us not deviate from Mahatma
contd
so the point is that the big man( British raj) least wanted Gandhi till here!
i ll continue into the details of what endeared Gandhi to the british raj, how he became the chosen one after this train saga and etc...!
Continuing with the train saga: Later Gandhi tried to impress other station master with his western style dressing etc... to get again first class ticket 'only', to travel further. The station master sympathetic hollander gave him with the condition that Gandhi should leave the first class if asked and would not pursue legally of such an incident if happened...
But, I always travel in first class ...that was his dialogue before he was thrown out of the train...and even after being thrown out Gandhi tried all he can to continue his travel in first class "only"!
what you get? Gandhi who is from the ruling class feudal...always tried his best to be that upper class guy.... He even forced his family wife and children to follow European habits like using spoons and forks etc...
Gandhi the small guy(in reality) tried his best for a first class life and tried to change his lifestyle to make him more acceptable to the British...
But, British raj is not yet ready to embrace Gandhi! none of the Gandhi's efforts in imitating western style etc...helped him to reach the English hand! why would the big man give a hand when he is not gaining anything...?
Now, the making of mahatma
if he fight British raj like other patriots his life would be further ruined ( he is already heavily indebted with his London studies).
A shrewd person like Gandhi would never take a course that ll potentially harm him!. so, being a patriot like Bal Gangadhar Tilak if not like Bhagat Singh was out of question...! the only way this wretched and miserable can gain his prestige/ respect in society is by being of value to the British raj! Being of value to the british raj means a being a traitor to the nation! being a traitor to the nation makes one characterless and will ruin Gandhi's prestige forever which is not the a safe way....
aah thats a problem ...you should not break the stick but you should kill the snake ( a proverb from my mother tongue: to kill the snake you have to use the stick which has a good chance to be broken if used...so its like asking to do and not to do at the same time)
this is a huge problem only a person as great as Mahatma only can handle it.
Mahatma fixed it this way: we will conquer the british with love!
Now we indians will fight the british raj to conquer but, since we do it with love we will not fight in real. it s like fighting the snake but not trying to kill it! Indians fooled around with the snake under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi! The snake did the maximum damage it could and left only when it had no more energy to play around. before leaving it injected enough of its poison that it always carried in its head: The divide and rule...
clarity: british raj is poison not british people!
the west adventurers died to find a sea route to India... columbus started his voyage to reach India but he discovered America instead...India was hugely rich and was a fascination for all these adventurers....people wanted to come to India....after British raj people in India want to go any where in the world form war zones in Afghanistan to america. The rich India became a poor and miserable nation ....
ok let us not deviate from Mahatma
contd
No comments:
Post a Comment