WHY SHOULD WE CELEBRATE GANDHI JAYANTHI?????

I was just having a look at RC Majumdars book on how Gandhiji was not responcible for Independent India........I usually give a hard look at those who stick to a corner of a room wid some boring books but unlike me, i suddenly sat down reading this book for more than 4 hours & realized that it was worth a post on my Blog. Jus Read onnn..........

WHY SHOULD WE CELEBRATE GANDHI JAYANTHI?????

The title itself will be surprising to many. But i had this question for the past few years, when i came to know the real history of india.

The term gandhi jayanthi is a highly misleading term. because it equates with the term krishna jayanthi, a festival that is celebrated on the birth of God Krishna. So gandhi is raised to the level of god, well beyond the title Mahatma.

But do gandhi deserve all these? The real history of india, will answer this.
Did Gandhi fight for independance?

We might be taught like this in our school history book. But as per records, gandhi never advocated independance till 1939, whereas there are many leaders like balagangadhar tilak who declared swaraj decades before gandhi came on the scene. Gandhi was so close to britishers than the rest of the indian leaders that he got few provisions in the name of satyagraha, to establish himself as the key representative to negotiate with britishers.
Gandhi’s concept of non-violence is the greatest subversion that any leader could have done to india. I am not against non-violence, but i am certainly against gandhi’s stupidity of the non-violence he proposed. He proposed a new term for non-violence, called “satyagraha”. But literal meaning of satya graha, do not have any relevance to non-violence.

satyagraha – satya+ graha = truth + holding firmness

So literally satyagraha, means upholding truth. There is not even a bit of meaning in the lines of non-violence. But gandhi chose to use this word in a wrong meaning and in a wrong way, because, indian people uphold the term “Satyam” as a divine one. Truth is held high in indian society, and this sensitiveness of people, was used by gandhi for his subversive activity.

Did Gandhi won us freedom?

Definitely NOT. This might again be surprising. But, if we analyse the events of history, we will understand the true perspective of our freedom struggle.
The popular notion of indian independance history is that gandhi started quit india movement, and finally british conceded to his demands and gave independance. But if we look at the history, we find that gandhi’s quit india movement, fizzled out by 1942, where gandhi himself recalled the movement. But britishers gave us freedom only during 1947. In the years b/w 1942 and 1947, there was no major protest done by gandhi against britishers. In such case, why should britishers give independance?

Is Gandhi a Mahatma?

He may be Mahatma by title, but those who know gandhi much will never accept this title. Gandhi did not deserve this title of Mahatma, because there was nothing that could qualify him to be mahatma. Because, much of what he said as his values are farce which he himself did not practiced what he preached.
His non-violence being a laughing stock, his high handedness in everything, his secret pact with britishers to betray Nethaji Subash chandra bose, and his overt obsession with Sex, where he tested his sexual control, by sleeping with naken women the whole night, and many other things in life, did not conform to his mahatma title.
Actually, this title was given by tagor to gandhi, which later much of congress persons adopted.

Is Gandhi a Fascist?

Yes. Because, in much of his history, we find him, imposing his decision on others, even if majority of the people did not agree to his views. Much of the Indian National Congress, was controlled by him as an autocrat, and important decisions taken by him. He created an atmoshpere, where other leaders could not take decisions independantly without getting his nod.
Thus, when the whole congress commitee chose sardar patel as PM, gandhi overruled them and instead appointed Nehru, for a foolish reason.
Thus gandhi was a fascist, who did not heed to any other’s advice or consulted with others in decison making. He often used fasting as blackmail tactics, to force leaders emotionally.
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Thus in my understanding of the history, i could never call gandhi as father of this nation. Gandhi may be father of the Indian Congress, but for the nation, he is to be remembered as a leader, promoted by britishers for their convenience, and as a leader who mis-leaded the people, and as a leader who failed to take pragmatic decisions which caused so much of destruction and losses to lives of millions of people

I question the very rationale of celebrating only gandhi’s birthday, while there were so many freedom fighters, suffering in the prisons of andamans, and so many freedom fighters like aurobindo who full-fledgedly opposed britishers, and thus got exterminated by them.
We need to remember that the britishers who could eliminate fierce leaders like tilak, aurobindo, savarkar, could have easily displaced gandhi too. But they found gandhi’s ideal as a complementary factor to their hold on india, because, gandhi advocated non-violence, which is what britishers wanted. Thus, gandhi was a person, used by britishers to prevent people falling to the side of revolutionaries, and thus preventing a major challenge to british army.

Let Truth be told as it is, even if it hurts.