Well, today is his 140th birthday. So people make a huge deal of it as usual. People who know me know pretty well that I am not a big fan of him.
I mean he was a great personality and did some really wonderful things. But there were decisions that were made by him that were incorrect. So, when you review him please do not forget those things. His idea was of self-sufficiency and protectionism. That did India a lot of good for 50 years. If we still followed everything he said in terms of economy we would still have been with a percapita income of 100$ (we currenlty have 1000$). Anyway.
As if the praising and all that isn't enough, People complain about a pen that is valued at 14 lakhs. Some company made a pen for 14 lakhs based on Gandhi's walk. So? Big deal. If there are fools who are willing to pay 14 lakhs for a pen let them do that. It has nothing to do with our national heritage for sure! Why do you waste our time and resources for that?
I mean he was a great personality and did some really wonderful things. But there were decisions that were made by him that were incorrect. So, when you review him please do not forget those things. His idea was of self-sufficiency and protectionism. That did India a lot of good for 50 years. If we still followed everything he said in terms of economy we would still have been with a percapita income of 100$ (we currenlty have 1000$). Anyway.
As if the praising and all that isn't enough, People complain about a pen that is valued at 14 lakhs. Some company made a pen for 14 lakhs based on Gandhi's walk. So? Big deal. If there are fools who are willing to pay 14 lakhs for a pen let them do that. It has nothing to do with our national heritage for sure! Why do you waste our time and resources for that?
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It is easy to snigger at Gandhi after 60 years. I dont know about the mistakes. But I know that what he practiced hold good today. So we should rather feel proud of the Father of the nation, than criticise him .
His views on "roots of violence" hold good even today!
Hey, I agree that he made mistakes, serious ones at that; and people who raise him to the skies and follow him blindly are not correct. But, as a person his claim was always to integrity, not infallibility.
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