Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Gandhi's accomplishments

I don't think the independence gained from Britain satisfied what Gandhi wanted to accomplish. He wanted independence from Britain in order for his country and his people that he united to live peacefully. However fights occurred between the Hindus and Muslims which hurt Gandhi to see. I think this actually hurt him more to see his people being separated and fighting. While he was trying to gain independence from Britain, he had his people of India unified and working together peacefully. To see that the bond is broken, he was willing to die until all the fighting was stopped.
I think the problem would still exist if Gandhi was still alive because religion is a driving factor for many people and it would have been hard to connect two different religions. People dedicate their lives to their religion and I think even Gandhi himself would have not been able to unite them from all the fighting. There are so many differences between the two groups that one person wouldn't be able to change that. Some Hindus were already mad at him because they thought Gandhi turned their backs on them. I don't think Hindus would listen to Gandhi. When he was able to bring both the people together, they listened to Gandhi. However, because of those Hindu extremists, they would have caused a problem for Gandhi.

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