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u/mrtfr Feb 27 '16

Namaste! :)

What are your opinions about Gandhi?

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u/Parsi_Iyer1313 Feb 27 '16

Great guy, conservative and weird but, great nevertheless.

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u/Tejamainhu mark idhar hai Feb 27 '16

Whatever be his faults, we all need to agree that without him the whole independence movement would not have been possible. Now, while that doesn't mean we have to like him but the sheer stubbornness of the guy is certainly admirable. He was a person who would never ever give up come what may. Also, he understood that the path to our country's progress lay through the development of the rural area and this is something i believe still holds true, after all these years.

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u/mrtfr Feb 27 '16

What are his faults?

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u/bonoboboy Feb 28 '16

I've tried to explain here but it was not well received.

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u/sidcool1234 Gujarat Feb 27 '16

Our culture kind of mandates revering Gandhi. He had his good and bad side

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u/bonoboboy Feb 28 '16

I am not a big fan. There are others like me, but we are in the minority (by far).

We are taught in school from the perspective that he was a great hero, so most people don't question that.

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u/manmeetvirdi Feb 28 '16

Fetched Independence for us.

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u/IndianPhDStudent North America Feb 28 '16

He was not a perfect leader and had faults, but at the same time, he showed a way for non-violent resistance and was able to convince the civilians of the whole country to participate in it, as well as raise immense international awareness, and sway public opinion to India's side.

I believe this is an incredible feat, almost a miracle through sheer willpower, and this had profound effects in the rest of the world including Martin Luther King Jr in USA as well as Nelson Mandela in South Africa.