1)Gandhi’s Support for “Purity of Race”
In response to the rise of white nationalist politics, which
stressed racial separation, Gandhi wrote in his Indian Opinion
of September 24, 1903
“We believe as much in the purity of race as we think
they do, only we believe that they would best serve these interests,
which are as dear to us as to them, by advocating
the purity of all races, and not one alone. We believe also
that the white race of South Africa should be the predominating
race.”
On December 24, 1903, Gandhi added this in his Indian
Opinion newspaper
“The petition dwells upon `the co-mingling of the colored
and white races.’ May we inform the members of the
Conference that so far as British Indians are concerned,
such a thing is particularly unknown. If there is one thing
which the Indian cherishes more than any other, it is the purity
of type.”
2)“The Prominent Race”
In the Government Gazette of Natal for Feb. 28 1905, a Bill
was published regulating the use of fire-arms by Blacks and Indians.
Commenting on the Bill, Gandhi wrote in his newspaper,
the Indian Opinion on March 25, 1905:
“In this instance of the fire-arms, the Asiatic has been
most improperly bracketed with the natives. The British Indian
does not need any such restrictions as are imposed by
the Bill on the natives regarding the carrying of fire-arms.
The prominent race can remain so by preventing the native
from arming himself. Is there a slightest vestige of justification
for so preventing the British Indian?”
3)On The Holocaust
“Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher’s knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs.” ~ George Orwell’s “Reflections on Gandhi,” Partisan Review, Jan. 1949
As to whether the Jews should have committed “collective sucide” by offering themselves to Hitler: “Yes, that would have been heroism.” ~ George Orwell’s “Reflections on Gandhi,” Partisan Review, Jan. 1949
4)Mohandas Gandhi on his pen-friend Adolf Hitler
To the British during WWII: “This manslaughter must be stopped. You are losing; if you persist, it will only result in greater bloodshed. Hitler is not a bad man.” ~ G.D. Birla’s “In the Shadow of the Mahatma,” p. 276
5)On Blacks and Race Relations
“Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.” ~ CWMG, Vol. II, p. 74
“A Kaffir is to be taxed because he does not work enough: an Indian is to be taxed because he works too much.” ~ CWMG, Vol. III, p. 337
“A general belief seems to prevail in the colony that the Indians are little better, if at all, than the savages or natives of Africa. Even the children are taught to believe in that manner, with the result that the Indian is being dragged down to the position of a raw Kaffir.” ~ CWMG, Vol. I, p. 150
Regarding forcible registration with the state of blacks: “One can understand the necessity for registration of Kaffirs who will not work.” ~ CWMG, Vol. I, p. 105
“Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen.” ~ CWMG, Vol. I, pp. 244-245
Regarding the Hindu Theological Seminary: “I only wish that such institutions will crop up all over India and be the means of preserving the Aryan religion in its purity.” ~ CWMG, Vol. IV, p. 93
His description of black inmates: “Only a degree removed from the animal.” He also said, “Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.” ~ CWMG, Vol. VIII, pp. 135-136
6)During Boer's war
“However, at about 12 o’clock we finished the day’s journey, with no Kaffirs to fight.”
The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Government of India (CWMG), Vol. V, p. 262
7)The claim that Gandhi worked for the uplift of Dalits in india (Lower Caste Hindus) is also a myth.
Gandhi's social reform
I don’t believe the caste system to be an odious and vicious dogma. It has its limitations and defects, but there is nothing sinful about it. Harijan, 1933.
I believe in Varnashrama (caste system) which is the law of life. The law of Varna (color and / or caste) is nothing but the law of conservation of energy. Why should my son not be scavenger if I am one? Harijan, 3-6-1947.
He (Shudra, low caste) may not be called a Brahmin (uppermost caste), though he (Shudra) may have all the qualities of a Brahmin in this birth. And it is a good thing for him (Shudra) not to arrogate a Varna (caste) to which he is not born. It is a sign of true humility. Young India, 11-24-1927.
According to Hindu belief, he who practices a profession which does not belong to him by birth, does violence to himself and becomes a degraded being by not living up to the Varna (caste) of his birth. Young India, 11-14-1927.
As years go by, the conviction is daily growing upon me that Varna (caste) is the law of man’s being, and therefore, caste is necessary for Christians and Muslims as it has been necessary for Hinduism, and has been its saving grace. Speech at Trivandrum, (Collection of Speeches), Ramanath Suman (1932).
I would resist with my life the separation of "Untouchables" from the caste Hindus. The problem of the "Untouchable" community was of comparatively little importance. London Round Table Conference 1931.
I call myself a Snatana man, one who firmly believes in the caste system. Dharma Manthan, p 4.
I believe in caste division determined by birth and the very root of caste division lies in birth. Varna Vyavastha, p 76-77.
The four castes and the four stages of life are things to be attained by birth alone. Dharma Manthan, p 5.
Caste means the predetermination of a man’s profession. Caste implies that a man must practice only the profession of his ancestors for his livelihood. Varna Vyavstha, p 28, 56, 68.
Shudra only serves the higher castes as a matter of religious duty and who will never own any property. The gods will shower down flowers on him. Varna Vyavastha, p 15.
I have noticed that the very basis of our thought have been severely shaken by Western civilization which is the creation of the Satan. Dharma Manthan, p 65.
How is it possible that the Antyaja (outcastes) should have the right to enter all the existing temples? As long as the law of caste and karma has the chief place in the Hindu religion, to say that every Hindu can enter every temple is a thing that is not possible today. Gandhi Sikshan, Vol. 11, p 132.
The caste system can’t be said to be bad because it does not allow inter-dining and inter-marriages in different castes. Gandhi by Shiru, p129.
If the Shudr (low caste) leave their ancestral profession and take up others, ambition will rouse in them and their peace of mind will be spoiled. Even their family peace will be disturbed. Hind Swaraj.
8)Violence for self defense (don't get it wrong only for himself not applicable for anyone else because according to him all freedom fighters were misguided fools in defending the nation & even those poor hindus who tried to defend themselves;their wives,sisters & daughters were cowards .)
“I do believe that where there is a choice between cowardice and non-violence I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done, had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908, whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defended me, I told him that it was his duty to defend me even by using violence.” ~ CWMG, Vol. XXI, p. 132.
9)Defense of Religious extremists by Gandhi
The Congress session in Guwahati, 1926, Gandhi himself said, "I have called Abdul Rashid a brother and I repeat it. I do not even regard him as guilty of Swami's murder. Guilty indeed are those who excited feeling of hatred against one another." (History of Congress, page 516, by Pattabhi Sitaramayya, a prominent Congress leader.)
Calling murderer (who was sentenced for death too) a brother is chocking of secularism.
Gandhi promoted religious extremists more than anyone else.
First fundamentalist of india gandhi had this to say in praise of mass murderers of mopla in 1921 "these are god fearing religous people defending their religion"
10)
When freedom-fighters Bhagat Singh and Rajguru assassinated Asst Police
Superintendent Saunders, Gandhi, in his article"The curse of
assassination" in Young India, condemned the act as being "dastardly".
According to him, "the innocent police officer discharged his duty, however
disagreeable its consequences to the community".
Which makes one wonder, was General Dyer of the Jalianwala Bagh massacre, too, merely discharging his duties? Is the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, brutally beaten during the "Simon go back" stir, to be put down to innocence?
In "Young India" of 4th May 1921, supporting the invasion of Hindustan by Amir of Afghanistan (which had been hatched by Khilafatist leaders), Gandhi openly declared, " I would, in a sense, certainly assist the Amir of Afghanistan (the savage ancestor of Taliban!) if it waged war against British government".
Was he fed up of being british double agent
11)Fed up with Non-Violence
During a prayer speech on June 16, 1947: “If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.” ~ Gandhi’s “The Last Phase,” Vol. II, p. 326
What may have transpired him to say such thing wasn't he the same person willing to sacrifice numerous sons of soil in war effort for british even when famine of bengal had cost millions of lives mainly due to priority given to military over civil needs by british govt.
May be he shifted his agenda as india was on the verge of independence & his british masters absconding him behind.Best actor in history anyway
A pure racist slave of british imperialist is unfortunately father of india now had he been born in any other nation he would have been best ACTOR of the century.
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