Word: gandhism
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...Your article described the view of traditionalists who believe that India is defined by restraint reflected in Gandhian frugality. A different point of view was provided by journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who said, "Gandhi may still be an icon, but Gandhism is dead as a dodo." Gandhism can never die. The Mahatma's sole objective in life was to turn man's attention to God and teach man how to seek the guidance of this kindly light within his soul in every situation. Gandhism is the very soul of man. Mukut Behari Lal New Delhi...
...strange amalgam of beliefs formed the complicated core of Gandhism. History will merely smile at his railing against Western ways, industrialism and material pleasures. He never stopped calling for a nation that would turn its back on technology to prosper through village self-sufficiency, but not even the Mahatma could hold back progress. Yet many today share his uneasiness with the way mechanization and materialism sicken the human spirit...
...slogging away in all directions, finally hit a snag in India, where it has been trying to be winning. The Indian government took a delayed look at the latest edition of the Big Soviet Encyclopedia and turned to the name Mohandas K. Gandhi. "Author of the reactionary teachings of Gandhism," it read. "Hailing from the Banya caste, which engaged in trade and usury . . . actively helped British imperialism . . . betrayed the people and helped the imperialists against the people . . . aped the ascetics . . . pretended, in a demagogic way, to be a supporter of Indian independence and an enemy of the British . . . Gandhism widely...
...thousand Gandhis might fast, the British Empire will never surrender. Imperialism is not afraid of Gandhism. It is afraid of communism...
...definition of Gandhism as "goats milk, loin cloth, etc." is offered as a comic caricature, one can appreciate the writer's sense of humor. But if that is all he sincerely discovers in Gandhism, his state of mind is to be pitied. Gandhi would not resent being dubbed as a "renegade, philistine, etc," by his critie, for he would find himself in a distinguished company of many of the foremost communist leaders of yesterday, that may be joined by many more of today...