Word: gandhis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...When Gandhi started the khadi movement of hand-spinning and hand-weaving, Nehru found it "a throwback to the pre-industrial age." But the most fretful of Nehru's complaints against Gandhi have been caused by the Mahatma's support of systems Nehru believes are "obviously decaying" and which "stand as obstacles in the way of advance-the feudal states, the big zamindars (landowners) and talukdars ( land rent collectors), the present capitalist system...
...aristocrat by birth, a "repentant bourgeois" by definition, Nehru has fought "muddled humanitarians" and opportunists among the Hindu intellectuals and middle class bourgeoisie which form the core of the Congress party. Started in 1885 by a retired British colonial, the party, since Gandhi took control of it in World War I, has had a melange of supporters held together by one goal: Swaraj (political independence...
...Sanatani Hindu, Gandhi accepts Varna (color), while disavowing the caste system, but stands by the concept of caste in marriage and the profession as the law of heredity. The principle of Swadeshi (home manufacture, i.e., spinning) is akin to the ancient Greek spirit of the hearth and Chinese ancestor worship. Satyagraha was coined by Gandhi from the words Saty (truth and love) and agraha (firmness) as the Hindu interpretation of soul force. Closely akin to this is Christ's admonition to "turn the other cheek...
...agnostic, Nehru has not accepted all these ancient beliefs; but, as an Indian, he has appreciated that soul force is a strange power. He himself has experienced the feeling of elation and victory over his adversary when being beaten down by an ironbound club. To Gandhi, the Hindu philosophy translated into terms of democracy means "complete identification with the poorest of mankind, longing to live no better than they." To Nehru, poverty is an evil to be uprooted and corrected, not a burden to lie down with...
Nehru & Nehru. In years behind bars, Nehru has looked deeply into his own soul, has found the rationalization of loyalty for his compromises with Gandhi and the Congress party. He has found himself vain at times (his Gandhi cap habitually covers his-baldness). He has found himself loving the adoration of the crowds. He has also yearned for the mountains of Kashmir, for security and the love of his family. But these he denies himself. Last week, at the age of 52, he was still so handsome that at least six women in India were reported sending away suitors...