tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885412.post6769892633188819208..comments2023-11-02T16:06:29.793+05:30Comments on My life, my words: Gandhian ideals and relevance...Madhathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00644775431982631751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885412.post-41513312525047486672006-09-27T21:54:00.000+05:302006-09-27T21:54:00.000+05:30absolutely, Gandhi was a pretty complex character ...absolutely, Gandhi was a pretty complex character who changed over a period of time, though his core values remained the same.<br />He called himself a politician and not a mahatma.<br />To caricature him as a mahatma or an idiot would simply be wrong!<br />Thanks for the links, professor.Madhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00644775431982631751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885412.post-63258641447827723342006-09-27T11:06:00.000+05:302006-09-27T11:06:00.000+05:30Here is one article:
http://www.reason.com/links/l...Here is one article:<br />http://www.reason.com/links/links092106.shtml<br />There are a few in OUTLOOK in recent times:<br />http://www.outlookindia.com/dossiersind.asp?id=392&dn=Mahatma+Gandhi&ty=6<br />See in particular Gandhigiri and 'Gandhi, A Second Coming". I think that Pankaj Mishra wrote a book about Budha's relevance. It was reviewd in 'New York Review of Books'. I think that Gandhi was very complex and his ideas and personality evolved all his life. I understand that he made quite racist comments in South Africa and supported some sort of caste system. But in the end he said that "Caste has to go". This sort of changes make evaluations difficult but probably all these are recorded in his complete works ( I have not seen them). Once in Salt Lake City, I visited a second hand book shop and found a section on Gandhi with about 50 books. I bought 5 of them. I read his "Expriments with Truth" off and on but do not have any of these books now. But, once in a while I would try to imagine how Gandhi would think or react to an issue and find that he was probably much more radical than most; for example about cleaning toilets.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.com