A tale of two murders: Yitzak Rabin & Mahatma Gandhi
When Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered in protest against his peace efforts, many parallels were offered by commentators, most frequently with the Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat, but also with Indian Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. However, if we look for parallels in India, the closest parallel is not with these Government leaders, but with Mahatma Gandhi.
February 28th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
This is a very interesting article. Great as Gandhiji was, I feel that Hindus should not support everything that he did. It is a sad state of affair that men such as Nehru who became famous mainly because of Hindu support acted against our interest. This should be a lesson for us - that we should be careful who we trust - apperances should not deceive us. Sound political judgement is required in choosing our leaders - the question we should always ask ourselves is “do they stand for Hindu/Sanatana Dharma”?
March 3rd, 2007 at 6:55 am
A very very interesting article, I didn’t know any of this
March 4th, 2007 at 7:55 am
Very interesting aarticle. But I would ask, If population exchange would have been given a chance [during partition], how many years would it have taken to complete? And would the British (and the British troops) have cooperated–for so long??
March 4th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
I don’t think it would have taken longer than 3 years. The Brits probably would have co-operated, an exchange of population would appear to vindicate what they had been saying about staying in India only as long as is necessary to solve the Hindu-Muslim cauldron.
March 6th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Connected with the theme of the article, peace and politics.
Lal Bahadar Shastri, who many probably haven’t heard of, was an Indian prime minister (1964-66). He was PM during one of the wars with Pakistan. After Pakistan had been battered in that conflict, under the auspices of the “United Nations” (lol), India were pressured into peace with Ayub Khan, leader of Pakistan. Lal Bahadur Shastri NEVER RETURNED FROM TASHKENT ALIVE ! Officially he is said to have had a heart attack, soon after he signed a peace treaty.
Wait for this….his successor happened to be one Indira GANDHI. The dynasty had ronce again returned to politics and kept its grip on India.
Anyone smell a rat ?
March 6th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Sounds a bit conspiracy-theorist to me. Anywayz, I.Gandhi dealt more strongly with pakistan than Shastri, from what I understand.
March 7th, 2007 at 8:06 am
I wouldn’t put anything beyond that clan or its supporters. After all it certainly wouldn’t be the first time someone was bumped off in high-stakes politics.
I.Gandhi had to act during the Bangladesh war, millions of refugees coming into India, mass scale persecution of Hindus in the territory built up huge internal pressure to intervene. If anything she was too slow to act, and was rather forced to act !
March 7th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
There was another person killed by his own people. They turned their sense of persecution into one of the greatest killing and persecutatory machines any one has ever seen in the world. Still they deny that it is their belief that leads to killing and hate. Unlike jesus, the followers of Gandhi, in the vast majority, do try to bring peace into the world, to decrease human suffering, and to transform the world into a more giving place. I know many of you don’t particularly like Gandhi Ji wiht particular regard to politics and (my own belief) his failed understanding of the evil in akarmic religions; but if the homicidal, racist, ethnocnetric, egocnetric followers of jesus can call him a christ, wouldn’t the world be better off calling Gandhi the true christ?
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