why people forget mahatma gandhiji,father of nation,who won the freedom struggle,with the weapon NON VIOLENCE?

Question

without using a single weapon,Our MAHATMA GANDHIJI won the freedom strugle,by using the principle NON VIOLENCE he won the freedom struggle,can u find out the secret behind the WIN.It is quite sure that if we fight with the british with our weapons we will loose,so we have to think how skill fully dear ghandhiji took the non violence principle.THINK

Answer 1

The following is the collection from forign News and websites related to Mahatma Gandhi. All these we can find only on papers and nowadays politicians are misusing the non-violence and its very meaning told by Gandhi. If a MNC project is coming up in India one would do dharna by hunger strike. If minority people are affected another politician will come to their rescue by another hunger strike. So I feel the meaning of Satyagraha is totally misunderstood and people are doing strike for their personal favour and upliftment of thier cast or vote bank . If the meaning of NON-VIOLENCE is properly highlighted by MEDIA and GOVT. we can make remember Gandhi by all.

The Salt March of 1930 was a vital step toward India’s independence from Britain. Gandhi, who was known to many as “Mahatma” (Great Soul), had led the masses of India into a programme of massive disobedience to British law; what was most important to Gandhi, however, was that Indians use neither violence nor hatred in their fight for freedom. What was Gandhi’s philosophy? Was he successful?

Elements of Gandhi’s philosophy were rooted in the Indian religions of Jainism and Buddhism. Both of these advocate ahimsa (non-violence), which is “absence of the desire to kill or harm” (Chapple 10). The Acaranga Sutra, a Jainist text, describes the fundamental need for non-violence: “All beings are fond of life; they like pleasure and hate pain, shun destruction and like to live, they long to live. To all, life is dear” (Chapple 11). Ahimsa is a way of living and thinking which respects this deeply.


Palestinians need a Gandhi and not a new Arafat

One of the last foreigners to visit Yasser Arafat before he fell ill was Arun Gandhi, grandson of Indian leader Mohandas K. Gandhi. He traveled to Arafat's compound in Ramallah with a simple message: Put down the gun and adopt Gandhi's way of nonviolent resistance


Is Hamas Ready to Deal?

WHATEVER the endgame between Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas, one thing is certain: Israel’s hopes of ensuring its security by walling itself off from resentful neighbors are dead. One lesson from Israel’s assault on Lebanon and its military operation in Gaza is that the missiles blow back.


MK Gandhi Institute to Host Day of Peace

September 5, 2006, Washington, DC – On the 5th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon, World Trade Center and Pennsylvania, and the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s first peaceful nonviolent protest in South Africa, the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence host a Day of Peace & Reconciliation and Remembrance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.


Paean to the force of peace

Cadence from Calcutta will resonate at a rare rendezvous in the US this Nine-Eleven, which also coincides with the centenary of Gandhiji’s first non-violent public action.



US-attacks-5years-Gandhi Gandhi's grandson to highlight non-violence in anti-terror campaign

The grandson of legendary Indian peace campaigner Mahatma Gandhi said he would lead a rally in Washington to highlight non-violence on September 11, the fifth anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks on the United States.

Nonviolence in the Age of Terrorism

This conference is designed to bring together policy makers, mediators, activists, educators, game developers and others -- to explore how diverse peace actors can work together to increase their impact.


September 12, 2006, New York, NY. -- On September 11, 2006, New Yorkers and Americans in 21 states marked the 100 year anniversary of Gandhi’s decision to use nonviolence. New Yorkers for a Department of Peace (NY-DOP), in cooperation with Sony Pictures, organized a one-day-only theatrical showing of the movie Gandhi. Movie screenings, held at the Regal Cinema near the World Trade Center site and other theaters across the country, included the debut of a short film, Satyagraha. The title is the name that Gandhi chose for his nonviolent campaign and translates as “the pursuit of truth.” The film focuses on the power of nonviolence and features Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mohandas Gandhi, and George Houser, a civil rights activist and founding member of CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality.

To kick off the screenings, NY-DOP organized a panel discussion at the Regal Cinema, which according to Julianne Nicholson (Law and Order) was “poignant and moving.” September Families for Peaceful Tomorrow's Anthony Aversano, who lost his father on September 11, 2001 quoted Gandhi saying, “An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind.” JoJo Brim, an executive at Warner Music Group, challenged the audience to “make peace sexy” through entertainment. Kamran Elahian explained how the Gandhi Project uses the movie Gandhi, dubbed in Arabic, to educate Palestinians on the power of nonviolence. Monica Willard shared that the United Nations had originally slated September 11, 2001 as the International Day of Peace. Since then, however, the UN has moved it to September 21 and marks the day annually. Marie Ukeye, a Rwandan genocide survivor, concluded by reflecting on the fact that humans are very “successful” at organizing violence and considered how different the world would be if all that energy were focused on organizing peace.

“I forgot how inspiring the movie Gandhi is, especially on the big screen,” remarked Blake McGee, a student at Columbia University’s School of Public Health. “After watching it, I really feel called to go out and take action. I am glad that I spent September 11 focusing on such a hopeful message.”


Long Live Gandhian Principles.

Answer 2

Is it a freedom !!!
There are a lot not written in history book.
Nathuram Godsey was a better freedom fighter!! Why exactly he killed Gandhi ?
Why Netaji is lost forever !!!


The above are the some of the doubts I have .....
And obviously Gandhiji and Nehru had all the answers.

Answer 3

non violent actions was the need of the hour coz non-violent emotions were the root cause of their actions he asked the ppl to stop non-violence--so that at short notice--at least we were able to avoid the consequences but if u do a study , u will find that by stopping non-violent actions and preaching, supporting harijans, etc- was a WAY to root out the ultimate cause: violent emotions he worked to root out the violent emotions all his life, it was only that he asked the ppl directly to stop these actions coz by the time ppl's emotions had taken the right course, it would have been too late so u noted them,...but note the things which are hidden between the lined too,my dear

Answer 4

I don't know.But I don't forget him.I am making a book about all the great things he did.If you have seen the sequel too Muna Bhai u would know.But one thing that makes me angry is that when you look Mahatma Gandhi on Yahoo! Images,it shows pictures of him with an extremely big head & stuff like that.One man painted a picture of him drinking @ a bar!!!I hate that.

Answer 5

Same as people forget their own parents , grand parents after they are no more.
People have very short memory.Wonder how we forget the biggest disasters and move on with our lives.
People's short memory is best used by political leaders and strategist to cause a new situation to divert the memory of another imprtant event.

Answer 6

it is the mind of the people which orders him to go in a bad manner. we can tell history and try to make him proper.

Answer 7

it is not the question of who forgot him.people always remember him.so practically your question is wrong

Answer 8

i support you