The root cause of all this is Gandhi's obsession with communal harmony - to him his image as an epitome of 'secularism & non-violence' just as Harishchandra epitomized truth. But the difference is that only the family of Raja Harishchandra were subjected to the hardships caused by his steadfastness - in the case of Gandhi , his family is safe & fine - only the common man (largely Hindus) are paying for his obstinacy.
Jinnah , as an atheist, was as secular as Gandhi but he was not blind to reality!
I also feel that it is madness to fight over religion but it does not require hindsight to realize that a 'Muslim free' India & a 'Hindu free' Pakistan would have been better. The 'Calcutta Carnage' & the clashes between Hindus & Muslims even before independence should have suggested this.
We have brought this on ourselves by accepting the word of Gandhi as Gospel.
I hope the role of Gandhi would be reviewed and reassessed in a fair manner and that he is put in his proper place in History Books instead of blindly justifying everything he did.
RE:Victims of 11/7
by Sunil Dharam on Jul 14, 2007 11:33 AM Permalink
Your views regarding Gandhi being the root cause all the problems are pathetic and very untrue, was there no terrorism in India before Gandhi?? If Gandhi was the cause of Indias problems, then who is the cause of Iraqs problems, UKs problems, Paks problems or Srilankas problems all these countries are facing similar problem of terrorism today, are you want to say Gandhi cause of the whole world's problem. It is very easy to put the blame of your own problems on others, grow up kid.
RE:Victims of 11/7
by achal mehta on Jul 15, 2007 07:03 AM Permalink
Stupid Guy...he is trying to say if Muslims were driven out during partition we would not have boms exploding like this...All the countries you mentioned except Sri Lanka have terrorism because of muslims....Such an Idiot guy
