Why i dislike Mahatma Gandhi.

Few months back I read some lines written by the brother of the killer of Gandhi. We all are not witness of anything happened at that time and I don't have the faith in the history, because whatever is written in the history books are 'prepared', 'edited', and 'authorised' to publish. And it is not necessary that all that written in the history books are true and correct. Whatever is the FACT is fact and that ever come in front of the public. Now, it is the need of the time to 'protect' all and everything, everybody. If you get some time, refer the writings/interviews published in the net about the killer of Gandhi or the associated articles. So that you can get still more clear pictures for what you want to rite or what you are going to establish. We need to accept that politics is politics and it has no boundaries in time or person. Politics is not just child play and the ordinary people can't get into it. Thank-s

Hi Shibam I have no authenticated historical data but my dislike for Gandhi is as strong as yours. Many incidents in India’s struggle for independence show that Gandhi was scared of Muslims and he always tried to appease them… I searched the net and came across the news that while in South Africa, he was once beaten black and blue by some local Muslims for saying something against their religion…since then, he has always supported Muslims and tried to buy peace with them. Even when initially some Muslims were openly advocating their communal colours, Gandhi never opposed them publicly. I think this was one of the main reasons of Hindu-Muslim riots and Jinnah’s soaring ambitions. Even today, this legacy is being carried on. Hindus are expected to follow every norm and regulation while Muslims are exempt coz either they are a minority or it’s their ‘personal & religious issue’…such types of double-standard always fosters hatred and mistrust and divides the nation on communal lines. Secondly, most of his movements were his personal experimentations with himself…in the absence of other leaders, he just successfully imposed them on the people. He had no control over Nehru’s ambition or any political vision or willpower to politically fight communalism. His image of a simple man in loincloth, caught on the fancy of India’s rural poor (who were more in number) than the educated urban population. Even today, we have this hypocrisy of saluting poverty when we surreptitiously covert wealth… I think this collective contradiction in the nation’s psyche because of Gandhi’s time. His movements for the lower class people ‘harijan’ did not have any lasting impact on society even though he made the inmates of his ashram wash the soiled toilets themselves, to share the feelings of the harijans when they washed other people’s toilets. I believe projecting Aambedkar as the educated, socially acclaimed & respected harijan would have had much better impact for the improvement of these people. Gandhi started the system of sycophancy which is the bane of India today. He could not tolerate anybody who went against his principles…hence he had no place for patriots like Netaji and Bhagat Singh. Initially Nehru supported him as he needed Gandhi’s mass appeal…at the opportune moment however, Nehru showed his true colours and Gandhi was left nursing his ego in Calcutta. Lastly, his greatest failure must be in failing to prevent partition…instead of hauling him up for that, generations of Indians have grown up studying in the history books that we got our independence only because of Gandhi’s peaceful non-cooperation…absolute lie and a great injustice and insult to the thousands of brave martyrs who laid down their lives for their motherland. History of independent India is based on a pack of lies of what only Gandhi and Nehru did for the nation…we’ve managed to obliterate almost everybody else! What else do you think happens to a nation whose foundation is on falsehood than the condition India is in today! And look at the Nehru family, old sins indeed have long shadows! At least nowadays people ARE questioning Gandhi and Nehru’s character and contribution…I hope our children use the internet more and more to know the truth and resurrect the true patriots from their obscure graves.

Hi Shibham, I think I taught in school about his positive side only, like he sacrificed many things for us, he led non violence method to get freedom for India etc. Later I heard it from somebody, the killer of him argued and criticized much about Gandhi as he was the only reason to divide the country. I think I have to study more or I do more research on the same to give a clear opinion. Right now my history is so poor …

I did not like Gandhi when I was a child. It was mainly because I was fond of war and Gandhi didn't really support that. I was a fan of Subhash Chandra Bose and is still my idol. Since I have grown up I have heard a lot more about Gandhi. Sure Gandhi had his flaws, some big ones which tore the nation apart. But, that doesn't mean someone can take away the things which he accomplished. No one before Gandhi could unite India like he did. The poor and the rural people were the backbone of this state and for the first time Gandhi was able to unite them as one. I do not think there was anyone who could have been more successful than Gandhi in uniting such a diversified country. I can't remember of any struggle before Gandhi which got the backing of the more than 90% rural and poor people this country had. Gandhi as well as the Congress played a big role in the division of the country. But I am not sure it was so much as Gandhi's doing as much as some of the power loving politicians in the Congress at that time. Gandhi just didn't speak out. Gandhi should be condemned for that, but in my opinion he deserves a lot of the respect he got. There is a reason why everybody listened to him and even people like Netaji, consulted him and took his advice. He had his differences from Gandhi, but he was held Gandhi in high regard. To me Gandhi was the best politician I have ever heard of.

Shibham beta I respect him for his + side and dislike for the -ve side of his life.. It is he who is responsible for the riots etc.. Thanks for sharing in details Best of luck. Professor

I also agree m. gandhi is responsible for terrorist attacks on Indians. this gandhi family is not done anything good for this country. they only do one thing best "drama" (nautanky).

As we all know, it is not only Gandhi who fought for the nation. But for some reason, it was explicitly declared that Gandhi was the father of the nation. I would definitely blame Gandhi for having split India into 3 such nations for no reason. Had this not happened, we might not be facing such bomb blasts in delhi and mumbai. We would have been united!

Hi Shibham, That is quite bold. I am weak in history so i don't have any answer for those. I don't know what else Mahatma Gandhi did that wasn't right, or didn't serve his actual purpose.

Hiya shibs, First of all being British the only thing I know about Gandhi is the Film they made about him the last one that is starring Ben Kingsley I think it was. Actually I have not been able to see tis Film the whole way through either so what he did wrong or right I cannot judge. Having read all of this I would agree with "thesids" what he last posted on him somewhere halfway down the page at the moment. I don´t think that I can say he was good or bad as you all know about him and I don´t I admit that for me he was somebody as I saw him in the Film the bits I saw at least. What I can tell you is that when we were at School say age seven upwards we had Indian Children and Pakistani Children in our Class and we never fought with each other although we did not mix outside the School as such we did mix in the Class and I think that is very important most of all. We never felt any dislike towards each other. How can I describe it? We just all got on well together. I had a lot of Friends who were from India and Pakistan mainly the Girls oddly enough there were not many Boys at that time either. One like Pravin Patel super intelligent in everything I can think of surely went to University many years afterwards. I used to share my toast with Gadshu in the Mornings in the Cloakroom where we used to take refuge from the extreme cold in Winter. I used to make that Toast myself and put an extra piece in for just in case. What I am trying to say is being completely ignorant about him or what he might have done me and Gadshu never talked or knew anything like that we just shared the toast and just talked Girl things that´s it really. When you are Children you don´t know about Politics and its implications in the World. This is an oddball response I now know that bapu means Father from what I can read here I did not know about that before. I am still seeing Gandhi as I did in the Film but now not so much as I know a bit more about him be it good or bad I know a bit more.xxx

Hi Mamu Well, so finally it is out now... I never have appreciated Gandhi or his hypocracy... He was highly egoistic, and the worst enemy of India. The Corruption, the illiteracy, the Indo-Pak relations, the communal divide are all his doings and it is his faults that we are still repaying and generations to come will continue... Jai Congress and Jai Gandhi... that thing has ruined and blindfolded many who will never see the negatives. I might be severely negged on this but being a student of Indian Politics and History, I know where the faults were. They did everything only to satisfy themselves and make such situations that people would only know about them... from educational curriculum to media - everything has been manipulated to suite them and also favor them

Hi No offense.. I don't know about all of those points.. But surely some points are known and valid. And as Viji told he also supported partition.. So no counter info from me. Even I like the way Bhagat singh and other had chosen.

hi friend mahatma gandhi is wrong somewhere but he is not wrong for every momet . i think you are right

i have a point to tell to you,gandhi started non cooperation moment and has seen the result from british as chori chora massacre,so he do not want to kill more people and stopped the moment. And the situation at that time made him to take decisions on ur remaining reasons,the main reason is that milatary is killing people who have revolted against them,if gandhi has made any contraversial statements at that time then people would get excited and would revolt against milatary which will result in hanging or killing of people. And about pak issue,i support you,gandhi made a mistake there. But gandhi made many good things than bad things and got independence for india. For atleast that i respect gandhi,not only me but many british officials also respected and liked gandhi in his time.

After the assasination of general dyer, bhagat (singh)was arrested.exactly at that time gandhi irwin pact was to be signed. he got a chance to release 192 non congress men. the first name suggested was bhagat's. gandhi neglected his name. and he requested the british to hang him faster as people should not recognize his mistake - intended mistake. bhagat was hanged because of gandhi.

I am a bit confused by your discussion, simply because I am not knowledgeable about these issues. I have no idea Gandhi was considered in a negative light. I think wherever the British were involved, there was always duplicity and confusion. I knew about partition, and the British role in dividing a nation, one of their common tactics.

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yes you are right and that is why i also dislike him,he is really a selfish and coward person. i have read many novels of Chandra Sekhar Azad,Bhagat Singh,Ram Prasad Bismil,also of Bhim Rao Ambedkar,and he never helped these great soldiers and instead of helping them he always became trouble for them,after all after independence he was not giving permission to place Ashok Chakra in place of his charkha and by this you can understand how selfish he was. this is really a nice discussion and shows the truth of coward person .