India and the world needs another Gandhi.

Rating: 10/10 (4 February 2011)

What can I say ?. Winston Churchill called him a half naked Fakir.
Albert Eisntein called him For generations to comes, one would shudder to think that such a man with flesh and blood ever walked on this earth.
For me he was the father of my nation. He was a great man who brought down the British Empire . He brought it to its knees and gave our nation freedom not by using Weapons, not by violence, not by killing but by Civil disobedience and nonviolent protest.
After his death, rest of African nations got their independence by his inspiration. Nelson Mandela ended Racism in South Africa inspired by him. The Blacks of America earned their much delayed Racial equality inspired by Gandhi.
Such great Souls rarely appear on this earth and appear only once in a generation.
Did Gandhi succeed?..........Mightily YES. Imagine you have a vast subjugated population with no literacy, no money, no brains and no propaganda tool and you are left with a task to bring down the superpower. Would you succeed.....or would you EVEN DARE to take up such a task?.
Gandhiji succeeded in that and succeeded in a big way.
Did Gandhi Fail?......Yes he failed in 1 of his endeavors. He wanted Freedom but not at the expense of Hindu-Muslim Unity. India was divided against his wishes. He failed in persuading Jinnah and Nehru to be together. India was divided and till this day Pakistan and India fight for the silliest possible reasons that man can ever comprehend. Though I might add that Gandhi had planned to visit Pakistan and perhaps who knows he might have reversed partition. But sadly someone killed him. People blame that Hindu right wing killed Gandhi. That at least is the Indian National congress story. Yes, he was killed by Nathuram Godse. But who instigated him is the question.
The only thing I know is that it was in the interests of many people not least the British, the West, Nehru and Indian National congress to keep the partition intact. So no one will ever know who killed him.
Gandhi wanted village economy, Swadeshi and self economic development. All that is lost today. We are a client state of America. Our economy, our defense is dependent on America. National news and private news channel cover about one Court case in a particular city and that makes National headlines. What about the 70% of India which lives in their villages. Why don't the farmer suicides, the farmer troubles, the issues of farmers make national headlines??? But that is not a fault of Gandhi......That is a fault of we Indians who did not follow Gandhi.
Now it is 2011, India and the world needs another Gandhiji.