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...power can hardly boast blush-free resumes. Queen Elizabeth I oversaw the colonization of the Americas, highlighted by mass genocide of Indians, while leading the persecution and execution of Catholics. Queen Victoria sat idly by while millions of Irish starved to the point of emigration or death. Indira Ghandi introduced mass sterilization, imposed martial law after waiving all civil rights and jailed political opponents. Even Margaret Thatcher, an inspiration to me, has the Falklands and ruthlessness in Northern Ireland to her credit. Women of power are not immune from spells of violence, injustice or sheer abuse of power...
...other 10 required books for the class include works by Ghandi...
...quest for the truth of what happened in the past. Great people tend to draw their own lessons. Mukunda's jingoistic interpretation of the American ideal obscures this quest for truth and limits it to the American sphere of intellectual tradition. Martin Luther King drew lessons from Ghandi as well as Lincoln, yet this does not require that everyone study Indian history. Mukunda's misplaced emphasis on the unique and especially worthy moral truth of America's ideals contributes to the nationalistic and isolationist, "intellectual" climate in this country, lending credence to irresponsible foreign policy decisions...
...think that this is something we borrowed from the non-violent resistance protests by Ghandi" she says. "It stems from India, where the Tibetans have lived for many years...
...skit starred a young South Asian man who met Muhandas K. Ghandi and inspired the builder of the Taj Mahal...