Mahatma fought to drive out the "whites", it is heartening to see now the same blood is trying to flatter another white - who is dividing the country on communal lines - to get a ticket to congress which he is desperately trying for. I mean..who is Arun Gandhi to talk about "Gandhian values"?LOL
RE:Arun Gandhi not Gandhian himself
by BP on Oct 09, 2007 05:20 AM Permalink
Srikanth: The Mahatma did not fight to drive out the "Whites". I doubt he had a recial prejudices like that. In that case, he would have said that all "anglo indians" should also be driven out. You seem to be the type that cannot simply think beyond the "black-white-brown" syndrome. In your eyes, any Indian who marries a white person is probably a "traitor". Why don't you appreciate that somebody from outside India wholeheartedly adopted the country, its rich culture, traditions, language and made every attempt to be as Indian as anybody else.
Based on your logic, I am sure you would be opposed if an India born person were to become a governor of your state ?????
RE:Arun Gandhi not Gandhian himself
by Loan Shark on Oct 09, 2007 04:56 AM Permalink
it wasn't the whites that Gandhiji fought against ... it was apartheid ... it was hate for the colored people that those whites had ... Abraham Lincoln led the union to a civil war to supress slavery in United States.
It was not whites that these leaders fought. They fought the attitude and designs of some whites who were against humanity.
RE:Arun Gandhi not Gandhian himself
by Arman on Oct 09, 2007 05:01 AM Permalink
Mahatam Gandhi fought colonizers and by the way they were all white. So he did fight white rulers.
RE:RE:Arun Gandhi not Gandhian himself
by BP on Oct 09, 2007 05:24 AM Permalink
He fought the colonizers not the whites. If he fought the whites, he would have been fighting Germans, Austrians, Swiss.....
Abraham Lincoln fought the confederates who were all white but only a foolish person would say that he faought the whites. But then maybe the fool did speak........
RE:Arun Gandhi not Gandhian himself
by Pradip Parekh on Oct 09, 2007 05:50 AM Permalink
usrely white goes with apartheid just as terror goes with mohamadism. trash by any other name will still stink.
RE:Arun Gandhi not Gandhian himself
by Marco Polo on Oct 09, 2007 04:48 AM Permalink
Congress (I) would have approached him and requested for damage-control.See election is around the corner.Sonia and Rahul made a fool of India's democracy in NY,so the image is very much lost.
RE:RE:Arun Gandhi not Gandhian himself
by Loan Shark on Oct 09, 2007 04:56 AM Permalink
I agree ... controversies like this generate a lot of publicity
