GANDHI A CLOSET RACIST????

[politicalmaniac]

I have to confess:

I dont know much about the life and times of this man, touted to be a great humanist. I havent read on him in detail. I know about him in a circumspect way. By that I mean that his reputation is butressed and revered by Icons like MLK, Mandela.

This shocking (to me at least) allegation about the racism and Gandhi was emailed to me in the 2 links below.

www.trinicenter.com/WorldNews/ghandi4.htm
www.vho.org/tr/2004/2/Kemp184-186.html

The veracity of these web sites and the erudition, political bend of the article's authors are unknown to me.

I am curious as to the opinion of the esteemed members of this forum, who have studied his non-confrontational methodology.

What do you know about about Gandhi? do these allegations make sense?

[job]

Politicalmaniac,

Amazing food for thought. To unravel the real Gandhi may take a whole research through a balanced literature review. Lets hear from any Gandi experts.

job

[politicalmaniac]

Job
I was hoping you'd take a crack at it bwana!
I know OO and AO will have something to say.

I just dont know about him enough and meekly attempted to rebutt the posts.

I quickly realized I didnt have enough ammunition, hence this thread.

Anyways I will get R's book when I get back to town and digest it while keeping the Gandhi issue on hold in my cerebral backburners!

Friends in the US want me to ship copies of R's book and I told them to check amazon.com in the next few days!

[KOLONEL BRISK]

PoliticalManiac,

Please read this article it may shed some light on the issue you have stated. Note in this article he is refered to as "Gandhiji"

www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/people/gandhi/5.html

[job]

Kol. Brisk,

That's another interesting perspective.

P/maniac,

Thanks. My book will be shipped first thing Monday; July 17th, 2006. I'll refer others to amazon.com

[politicalmaniac]

"Kanel" Brisk, thanks for that link

Job asante pia.

R's book is the rage currently, So let us all get a personal copy, digest and see whats it al about!