Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 namskaar sridhar ji, you said-- Learned historians in the group can correct me. At the time of partition, Lord Mountbatten anticipated two parts of the country to erupt in violence of gargantuan proportions - Punjab and Bengal. To Punjab he despatched battalions and battalions of army personnel and to East Bengal he despatched just Mahatma Gandhi. In the former, tens of thousands of lives were last. In Bengal, when Gandhiji went on a fast unto death, we had even very hardened criminals come and surrender the weapons. This is a limited input from my reading (long ago) of Freedom at Midnight. Even the hardcore Rajas of Gen. Smuts was consumed in Mahatma's Sattva. It'd be a pity if we were to join the ranks of half-thinking people and write down Gandhiji's achievements which to my mind would be at the level of any saint we know. His field was Karma Yoga unlike the saints we normally discuss (whose emphasis is more on Bhakti/Jnana). Many thousand namaskarams to all advaitins sridhar please, sridhar ji don't misunderstand me. one thing which i forgot to write was a request to the members to confirm what i listened. i just typed what i listened. Mahatma Gandhi has always been a hero for me. i am really sorry if you and anyone else got hurt by my post. i had no such intentions to comment against Gandhiji as He is the one to be worshipped not criticised. Even that saint always praises Mahatma Gandhi and advises to follow Him but He still says the same. please, don't misunderstand me. with regards, Gautam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 namskaar sridhar ji, you said-- Learned historians in the group can correct me. At the time of partition, Lord Mountbatten anticipated two parts of the country to erupt in violence of gargantuan proportions - Punjab and Bengal. To Punjab he despatched battalions and battalions of army personnel and to East Bengal he despatched just Mahatma Gandhi. In the former, tens of thousands of lives were last. In Bengal, when Gandhiji went on a fast unto death, we had even very hardened criminals come and surrender the weapons. This is a limited input from my reading (long ago) of Freedom at Midnight. Even the hardcore Rajas of Gen. Smuts was consumed in Mahatma's Sattva. It'd be a pity if we were to join the ranks of half-thinking people and write down Gandhiji's achievements which to my mind would be at the level of any saint we know. His field was Karma Yoga unlike the saints we normally discuss (whose emphasis is more on Bhakti/Jnana). Many thousand namaskarams to all advaitins sridhar please, sridhar ji don't misunderstand me. one thing which i forgot to write was a request to the members to confirm what i listened. i just typed what i listened. Mahatma Gandhi has always been a hero for me. i am really sorry if you and anyone else got hurt by my post. i had no such intentions to comment against Gandhiji as He is the one to be worshipped not criticised. Even that saint always praises Mahatma Gandhi and advises to follow Him but He still says the same. please, don't misunderstand me. with regards, Gautam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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