Gandhi,by his philosophy of non-violence and self discipline managed to get independence for India. He opposed violence and independence was gained without any bloodshed. He swayed masses without any oratory. He lived like millions of poor Indians. He practised what he said.In spite of this neither the British nor Nobel ecognized his great achievement. One can understand the British as after India its Empire crumbled. Nobel seems to be very biased.
2007-08-30 08:44:27 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
ok i get your drift......but did the specials ever do a banging tune about gandhi.....think not ,where as they did for mandela...so
2007-08-30 08:51:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to read a bit more.
Gandhi died in 1948. Nobel prize is not given posthumously. The omission has been publicly regretted by later members of the Nobel Committee. In 1948, the year of Gandhi's death, the Nobel Committee declined to award a prize on the ground that "there was no suitable living candidate" that year. Later, when the Dalai Lama was awarded the Peace Prize in 1989, the chairman of the committee said that this was "in part a tribute to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi
Since all the deliberations of Nobel Prize Committee are confidential ( Only the names of the recipients are declared) its in the realm of conjecture that he was perhaps supposed to have gotten the prize after India became independent, but his untimely death prevented him from getting it.
2007-08-30 09:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by shrek 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is a Statue of Gandhi in Tavistock Square, London. Nobel prizes are not awarded posthumously so he couldn't have got one. There are also statues of Gandhi in South Africa and California.
The British made a film praising Gandhi. There are numerous books about him by British authors, as well as statues and paintings in British galleries and municipal buildings. Both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have spoken of their admiration for him.
Short of a National Holiday I'm not sure what more you can expect !
2007-08-30 20:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by nickv2304 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mandela only has one statue in the UK compared to a few of Ghandi. They are both two very internationally important people of the last century (and in Mandela's case he still is). January 20th each year is known as Ghandi Day in the UK too.
2007-08-30 09:04:06 · answer #4 · answered by Spawnee 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Gandhiji did a lot of good work and there is no doubt that he should have been honoured for that. Biased? Maybe. But all I want to say is that we cannot compare two great figures. Mandela did impressive amounts of social work too. It's not about who is more deserving. They both deserve it. It would be wrong to say that Gandhiji was more deserving than Mandela or vice versa.
2007-08-30 08:52:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I can't understand why we have to put up with a statue of Mandela anyway. He is nothing to us and, as far as I understand it, he has a very chequered past.
2007-09-02 06:46:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gandhi does not wear the right shirts. Not flash!
2007-08-30 09:37:55 · answer #7 · answered by K. Marx iii 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well amongest all living things that are alive and amongest all the dead things/beings that were once alive including ghandi, jinnah, queen victoria. i pray for them once a day before going to sleep.
2007-08-30 09:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by mummyyusuf 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We honour Nelson. Why don't you honour Ghandi in his own country?
2007-09-03 07:09:02 · answer #9 · answered by nipper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And what was the the first thing that happened when the Brits left India?
That's right, they all started bumping each other off!
Mandela...a convicted terrorist
What's next........Peace prize for Hitler?
2007-08-30 08:52:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋