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Tonya
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Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity
G. B. Singh
Wednesday, 27 December 2006
Reviewed by Baldev Singh
"Truth comes out breaking the walls of a fortress" is a Punjabi saying. For the lovers of truth G. B. Singh has exploded the Gandhi myth – apostle of peace, emancipator of untouchables and liberator of India by peaceful means from the British yoke – by publishing his labor of love, Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity.
G. B. Singh studied Gandhi for over twenty years collecting Gandhi’s speeches, writings and other documents, which the promoters of Gandhi left out intentionally to create a twentieth century messiah by fusing Jesus Christ and Vishnu. The oppressors – the proponents of colonialism, slavery, racism and casteism - have imposed their own version of history on the victims through manipulation, deception and hypocrisy.
For example there is holocaust museum in the capital of United States in the memory of six million Jews who fell victim to the atrocities of Nazis in World War II. It is commendable and such museums should be built in every capital in the world to remind people of the heinous crimes of the Nazis. But why not a museum about the genocide of native Americans or a museum about slavery in the capital of United States? It takes moral courage to look into the face of truth! In order to avoid the obligation to intervene in Rwanda, the Western powers led by President Clinton put pressure on the United Nations Security Council not to characterize the mass murder of Tootsies as genocide.
The making of Gandhi myth stared in South Africa by white Christian clergy. Rev. Joseph J. Doke, a Baptist Minster was the first to write the biography of M. K. Gandhi. Soon many other European and American clergymen and writers rushed in to make their input. John H. Holmes, a Unitarian pastor from New York praised Gandhi in his writings and sermons with titles like: Gandhi: The Modern Christ, Mahatma Gandhi: The Greatest Man since Jesus Christ, Mahatma Ji: Reincarnation of Christ and Gandhi before Pilate. Romain Rolland, French Nobel Laureate in literature looked at Gandhi not only as a Hindu saint, but also another Christ. He wrote Gandhi’s new biography in French. The English translation of this book opens with: He is the One Luminous, Creator of All, Mahatma. Impressed with lavish propaganda about Gandhi in the West, the Hindu propaganda machine came into action and it churned out a plethora of literature to elevate Gandhi to the status of twentieth century Hindu god – "The seventh reincarnation of Vishnu, Lord Rama," proclaimed Krishnalal Shridharni. Portraits of Gandhi depicted him as Hindu avatar and Christian saint. The Indian government under Prime Minister Indra Gandhi financed one-third the cost of the production of the movie "Gandhi" for the portrayal of Gandhi as "an absolute pacifist."
The Christian clergy had an ulterior motive in building the Gandhi myth. They thought that by elevating Gadhi to a 20th century messiah and then converting him would open the flood gate for evangelizing Hindu masses. Little did they realize that Gandhi hoodwinked them with his insincere statements about Christianity? He was a die-hard Hindu, a true believer and defender of the caste order – the essence of Hinduism?
Gandhi apologists indulged in gross deception by claiming that Gandhi’s Satyagrah in South Africa was in the defense of the rights of native people. Nothing could be further from truth than this bald lie. How could Gandhi, a diehard supporter of the caste system think of the welfare of African blacks he regarded lower than the Untouchables of India - slightly above the animal level? His Satyagrah was for the better treatment of Indians, who, according to Gandhi were treated the same way as savage Kaffirs (native people) were. In his stay of twenty years in South Africa, he had no social contacts with the Kaffirs, as he did not see any common ground with them in the daily affairs of life. He was horrified when he was lodged with "natives" in the same jail ward. He did not like wearing the same clothes with label "N" born by the natives, nor he liked their food and sharing lavatory with them. It was the jail experience, which brought out his racism in the open. " Kaffir and Chinese prisoners are wild, murderous and given to immoral ways. Kaffirs are as a general rule uncivilized – the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animal."
He proclaimed that the British Empire was for the welfare of the whole world and he accepted the superiority and predominance of white race. But he reminded the white people that upper caste Indians share with the Europeans a common heritage – the blood of the noble Aryan race. According to him it is Aryan blood, which is responsible for the advancement of human civilization. He suggested to Rev, Doke to civilize the Kaffirs by converting them to Christianity and by infusing Aryan blood into their race. He told the white colonists that the preservation of racial purity (Apartheid) was as important to the Indians as to Europeans.
He urged the colonial authorities to raise a volunteer militia of Indians to fight for the Empire. He told the Natal authorities that it would be a "criminal folly" if they did not enlist Indians for the war. He was rebuffed with sarcastic and derogatory comments about the fighting ability of people like Gandhi. However, his persistence persuaded the authorities to form a volunteer ambulance corps of Indians under the command of Sergeant-Major Gandhi during the Boer War and Zulu Rebellion. He urged the Indian community to show their loyalty to the British Empire by raising funds for the War. He reminded them that they were in South Africa due to the courtesy of the Empire. It is not for us to judge whether the Kaffir revolt is justified or not. We are co-colonists with whites of this land whereas the black savages are as yet unfit to participate in the political affairs of the colony.
He was a mean spirited parochial Hindu. Sergeant- Major Gandhi selected only Gujrati Hindus as his assistants, three Sergeants and one Corporal in spite of the fact the ambulance corps (20-24 men) was made up mostly of non-Gujratis with substantial number of Muslims.
The Russian Revolution of 1914 spurted national movements against colonial rule. The British brought Gandhi back to India to sabotage Indian national movement against British rule. The congress Party dominated by Gandhi was set up under the patronage of the British authorities. The "apostle of peace" urged the Indian people to support the British by enlisting in the army during World War I. In his letter he wrote to the Viceroy in1930, he said, " One of his reason for launching the Civil Disobedient Movement is to contain the violence of revolutionaries."
On the advice of white promoters of Gandhi, black clergy and civil rights leaders traveled to India to seek Gandhi’s advice about solving the problem of segregation and civil rights of blacks. How little did they know that Gandhi regarded the black people slightly above the animal level? Moreover, they were ignorant of the fact that caste system was originally imposed, as racial discrimination (Varna Ashrama Dharma) similar to the Apartheid system, on the black natives of India by their Caucasian conquerors. But later on due to emergence of new racial groups due to miscegenation between the two groups, Varna Ashrama Dharma evolved into caste system tied to hereditary occupations. Untouchabilty is as integral a part of Hindu faith as anti- Semitism of the Nazis. It is noteworthy that not a single black leader met Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – M. A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees from London University and Bar-at-Law from Grey’s Inn, London - who was the undisputed leader of the Untouchables at that time. Gandhi propaganda machine manipulated the visit of black leaders, as it did not want them to find truth about Gandhi’s views on the caste system. "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? He, Shudra (lowest 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."
In 1921, Gandhi delivered violent speeches inciting racial hatred against the British. During bloody demonstrations and riots against the visit of Prince of Wales, William Francis Doherty, an American citizen working in Bombay was murdered. Gandhi personally got involved in the cover up of this gruesome murder through bribery and intimidation, as he was concerned that the details of this murder would tarnish Gandhi’s image in the West.
It is a cruel joke and one of the biggest fabrications of the twentieth century that Gandhi won Indian freedom without spilling a drop of blood. The truth is that it was the devastating effect of World War II that forced the British government to dismantle its Colonial Empire. Moreover, it was Gandhi and his Hindu dominated Congress party that engineered the partition of the country on communal lines, as the Muslim dominant states stood in the way of high caste Hindus to set up their Ram Raj (mythical Hindu kingdom) based on caste ideology. Additionally, the Partition of India in 1947 is one of the major upheavals of the twentieth century. In the State of Punjab alone, 11-12 million people lost their homes and hearths where their ancestors had lived for centuries. May be as many as one million people perished in the communal frenzy and thousands of young women were kidnapped while Gandhi was reciting the murderous sermons from his favorite scripture – Bhagvad Gita. He kept insisting up to the last moment that the country would be partitioned only over his dead body!
The ascetic in loincloth used to sleep in buff with naked young girls to perform experiments to test his celibacy. Dr. Sushila Nayar told Ved Mehta that she used to sleep with Gandhi as she regarded him as a Hindu god. The man, who had taken vow of poverty, demanded and got even in jail the same comforts enjoyed by British high officials in India.
The "apostle of peace," who counseled a Jewish delegation" to oppose the evil of Nazism by "soul force" - by committing mass suicide, was all praise for annexing Kashmir by armed aggression.
He told his Sikh followers that rusty sword is useless in the age of Atom Bomb. The development of nuclear weapons by India - a country that ranks among the poorest in the world and is near the bottom of human development index chart of the United Nations – exposes the real face of the "absolute pacifist" and the nation that calls him "father." After all didn’t lord Krishna tell Arjana during the battle of Mahabharata "Victory is truth."
Although, the Indian people have started peeking at the man behind the mask of divinity, there is no let up in the perpetuation of Gandhi myth in the West, especially the United States.
G. B. Singh rightfully deserves the accolades for bringing out the truth about Gandhi from Gandhi’s own mouth.
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/2268/40/ |
Abm
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And yet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used the teaches of Ghandi to advance the liberation of African Americans.
Kinda ironic. Ain't it? |
Eastwest
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Very ironic,Black people in general are looked,
down upon by other ethnic groups.
In Nigeria I saw people from India living well,a lot of the stores and hotels are owned by Lebanese Nigerians would kiss their asses,but these people Still look down on Nigerians and consider THEM inferior. |
Schakspir
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Because England still owns Nigeria's ass, and they know it. |
Cynique
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Gandhi, like so many idols, had feet of clay. His passive resistance was, of course more about strategy and tactics, than about passivity and spirituality. No saint himself, MLK was also a great tactician and Gandhi's teachings were very compatible with the situation blacks in America found themselves in at the onset of the civil rights movement. Nice guys finish last in a struggle, and victory has to be sought by any means necessary and this includes bringing the oppressors to shame. Aristocrat and scholar that he was, Gandhi intellectualized his way to liberation. And so did MLK. The caste system is and always will be entrenched in a world that relegates Utopia to the realm of fiction, and seduces leaders to claim the privileges of rank. |
Lola_ogunnaike
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I will never promote the evil erasure of black people by claiming that Lenny Kravitz is a black man or that Vin Diesel is just as black as Denzel Washington. |
Schakspir
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I'm assuming that Gandhi's thinking evolved as his life progressed, that at the time of his death he obviously didn't have the mindset of a petty-bourgeois South African half-caste lawyer. Most of his racist/pro-imperialist remarks were made when he was in South Africa. Perhaps, however, as he became more prominent he learned to mask his own personal prejudices a little better as the Mohatmas. |
Schakspir
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:41 pm: |
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Kola Boof: I will never promote the evil erasure of black people by claiming that Lenny Kravitz is a black man or that Vin Diesel is just as black as Denzel Washington.
Sch: 'yawn' |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:42 pm: |
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My name's not Kola Boof
Its Lola Spoof, actually |
Abm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:43 pm: |
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Lola,
Would you date Kravitz or Diesel? |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Abm, Vin I find physically very unattractive. Kravitz I think his cute, but the question should be WOULD HE DATE ME? No he would not date me. I'm over 30, I'm dark skinned and I have short hair. |
Abm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:47 pm: |
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Lola,
So, assuming BOTH men were genuinely interesting in you (age, blackness, short hair, etc. et. al) you STILL wouldn't date either Kravits or Diesel? |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:51 pm: |
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I was being polite before. Truth is I find Vin Diesel basically hideous. Kravitz is cute but is definitely not my type. Sure I'd go out for dinner with him, because I think he's talented and probably interesting (although maybe not). I'd much rather you offered me Djimon Hounsou and Morris Chestnut! Or Denzel!
And for the non-black brothers, Benicio defiitely floats my boat. |
Abm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 06:55 pm: |
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Lola,
All the men you appear most interested in are (except for Del Toro) dark brown-2-black in skin color.
Why? |
Schakspir
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The silence is deafening.... |
Lola_ogunnaike
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I tend to find medium to dark black men more physically attractive. Its a personal preference, like some women find tall men or well built men preferable. And some men prefer curvy women, others prefer slim women. |
Abm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 09:30 pm: |
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Lola,
So then if a Black man prefers White or lightskinned women to you, isn't that simply him expressing his "personal preferences"? |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Yeah, at the end of the day, its not a problem, Abm. I gotta man.  |
Abm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 10:19 pm: |
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"...at the end of the day, its not a problem, Abm. I gotta man."
And, "at the end of the day", to MOST women - the manbashing ones included - THAT is all that really matters. |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Hmmm, maybe most but definitely nowhere near ALL. I have some seriously feminist sista friends whose goal is to NOT wind up settled down with any man (and they're not gay either) |
Abm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 10:36 pm: |
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Lola,
MOST foks - man and woman - want/need SOMEBODY to love and to be loved by.
Even most hellraising, goosestepping feminazi types. |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Do cats, dogs or BOBs (battery-operated boyfriends) count as a "somebody" to love? |
Abm
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Lola,
I wouldn't count them as "somebody to love". But then I'm a bit of a traditionalist. |
Lola_ogunnaike
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One of my girls has 7 cats, and seems fulfilled. Whatever works, methinks |
Abm
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 08:13 am: |
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Lola,
Maybe you're right.
During our Christmas Eve party a friend of my sister-in-law's admitted to having 7 cats as well. Everyone else were like WTF!?!. But like your friend, she seemed happy with it.
"Whatever works", indeed. |
Chrishayden
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 02:05 pm: |
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This Singh is a Sikh, isn't he?
They hate Hindus. |
Renata
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 02:29 pm: |
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mmmmm, did someone say MORRIS CHESTNUT....
Vin Diesel is gross looking. Nasty. But that voice....I could date him, if he kept the lights low.
Del Toro is kinda cute for a guy who's as old looking as he is. I read somewhere that he's 37....yeah, maybe 30 fucking years ago. But still cute. |
Renata
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 02:33 pm: |
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mmmmm, did someone say MORRIS CHESTNUT....
Vin Diesel is gross looking. Nasty. But that voice....I could date him, if he kept the lights low.
Del Toro is kinda cute for a guy who's as old looking as he is. I read somewhere that he's 37....yeah, maybe 30 fucking years ago. But still cute. |
Lola_ogunnaike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 02:37 pm: |
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Yeah, he does look old as hell, but I've got this thing for del Toro. And I've had this thing for Morris Chestnut's chocolate ass ever since I first saw him in Boys in da Hood (I actually cried when his character got murdered) |
Americansista
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Morris is fine as wine. Vin looks like an otter to me. No attraction to him whatsoever. |
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