Gandhi addresses that the intent of speech is to declaring that he is going to be fighting for independance in a non-violent manner as violent efforts often end up in a dictatorship through a military coup. But‚ if his nonviolent efforts are attained there will be no room for a dictatorship and the newfound power will go to the people of India. At the time in India there a great dislike for the British and the British Imperial rule‚ Gandhi was trying to create an ideal
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of courageous and strong leaders are Mahatma Gandhi and Maximilien Robespierre. While Gandhi and Robespierre have their differences‚ they both risked their lives while battling against the inequality among their people. Gandhi fought for the equality in India and Robespierre fought for the equality in France. Both of these brave men strived towards a country that did not treat people differently based on their race‚ social class or wealth. While Gandhi had a more peaceful and nonviolent way of defying
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our laws. From Mahatma Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr.‚ we have seen the practice of nonviolent symbolic protests have a better outcome than wars. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2‚ 1869 in Porbandar‚ India. He is well known as the prominent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Gandhi got his start working in politics as a lawyer in South Africa. There‚ he supported the local Indian community’s struggle for civil rights. Gandhi carried his knowledge
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achieving a goal. Mahatma Gandhi was the man who founded this form of protest. People‚ especially westerners‚ are astonished that this method of protest would work. They do not understand allowing people to harm you without retaliating would gain independence for India. To answer the question: How did Gandhi methods work? I would say that Gandhi’s nonviolent movement worked because of his clear communication‚ nonviolent tactics‚ and his commitment to India gaining independence. Gandhi wrote a letter to
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Biographical Sketch: Kasturba Gandhi Kasturba Gandhi was a renowned figure for all of India and was always there to help Mohandas Gandhi out. Kasturba was born on April 11‚ 1869 to Gokuladas Makharji‚ a wealthy business man. She married Mohandas Gandhi in 1882 when she was only 13 years old. At that time she could not read or write because she hadn’t had the proper schooling. Mohandas taught to both read and write and that would come in handy later when she was delivering speeches that led
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At one lime Jawaharlal Nehru remarked that he doubled the clarity of the Mahatma and also his own association with him. Explaining this paradox Nehru writes thus: "Personality is as’ indefinable tiling‚ a strange force that has power over the soul man and he possesses this in a remarkable measure..... He attracted people..... They did not agree with his philosophy of life or even with’ many of his ideals... and we went with him although we did not accept his philosophy." What gave this enormous spell
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Ambedkar and Gandhi on the Bhagwat Gita The Bhagwat Gita is regarded as the most sacred religious book in Hinduism. It is also considered to be a book of ethics‚ championing eternal moral values. It has been translated into various languages. Great thinkers and political leaders‚ both in medieval and modern period‚ have been inspired by this book and have also written commentaries upon it. The objective of this paper is to compare the contrasting views of Gandhi and Ambedkar on the Bhagwat Gita
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is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty‚ the ocean does not become dirty.” This quote was divulged from Mahatma Gandhi‚ perhaps one of the greatest and most infamous humanitarians the earth fostered. He believed in the independence and beauty of individualism; only protesting in the tell-tale‚ nonviolent manner Martin Luther King Jr. would later culture. Gandhi was one of the first anti-war activists publicized worldwide. His works heartened other civil rights leaders such as Nelson
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Muslim Women‚ Gandhi and Secularism Secularism is a difficult word to define. It is often used simply as the opposition of religion; it is a view of life‚ as the Webster’s New World Dictionary puts it‚ “based on the premise that religion and religious considerations‚ as of God and a future life‚ should be ignored or excluded” (Agnes 580). Harvey Cox a Research Professor of Divinity at Harvard uses the word: “Secularism…is the name for an ideology‚ a new closed world-view which functions very much
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The government is the people’s representation: our protector and our voice. It is what we turn to in our time of need‚ the one we look up to. However‚ there are times when the government turn against the people‚ acting as an enemy instead of an ally. In those times‚ the people must until and stand together against our government. When the government becomes corrupt‚ common citizens have the right to take actions. Peaceful resistance to law positively impacts all societies in the world‚ no matter
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