Assignment 2 -> Case analysis of Mirchpur incident and then discussion on failure of gandhi’s vision of India
Case : Mirchpur Incident(April-2010)
Mirchpur village which has a population of approximately 10000 people, is situated in Narnaund talluk district of Hisar, Haryana. There are various castes groups in this village such as the Jat, Brahmin, Valmiki, Chamar, Dom etc. The valmiki’s in this village are harassed by other high caste groups from long times but this time the case came in lime light due to the secret visit of Rahul Gandhi to this village, who is the vice-president of the indian national congress, one of the major national political party of india , and who was also in power at that time both at center and state level. Soon
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Had the police been vigilant and taken some preventive measures as soon as the tussle between young persons of two communities was known, the ugly incident of systematic torching of houses owned by Balmiki community and resultant death and destruction of properties could have been avoided. I think that inaction on the part of police to take preventive measures in anticipation of fallout between two communities led to atrocity on Balmiki community. Inaction by the police under the circumstance, is, therefore, cannot be overlooked. One of the newspaper report even says that the SHO vinod kumar Kajal and the Tehsildar of hansi told the mob of around 350 jats who had gathered around the balmiki colony that they have one hour to do whatever they want. Most the balmiki community persons ran away but the girl and her father locked themselves in the house to save themselves but the mob burnt the house. Before the event the balmikis had even asked for police but none came to their help. But after the visit of Rahul Gandhi the central government sent a complete battalion of the CRPF to this village. But for what the damage has been
In many eyes, Sikhs obtained their revenge by ending Gandhi’s life. Today, Manny sees that Prime Minister Gandhi had the resources and authority to carry out the attack in another way. There was no need to kill numerous innocent Sikhs, especially on a holiday when the temple was highly occupied. Above all, there was no validation for disrespecting and destroying the Golden Temple, which is often equated as the Mecca for Muslims. Ultimately, in the opinion of Manny, a Sikh with both religious and military insight, Blue Star Operation was not worth it. The costs of this controversial event far outnumber the benefits.
Under British rule in India, the British were harshly oppressive and only interested in exploiting products from India for their own use, causing many Indians to become extremely poor. They became so oppressed they were on the verge of violent civil disobedience, when Gandhi appeared to negotiate with the British threw non-violent tactics such as sit-ins and hunger strikes. The people were supportive on Gandhi and were set to become violent if anything happened to him. Things were resolved without violence.
...es of past leaders Gandhi gained new perspective and subsequently avoided repeating the past; this lead him to attempt to embark upon a new path--one perceived as better for India. None of this would have been possible without the perspective gained through studying India’s brutal past. Subsequently his efforts and strategies were later emulated by other civil rights activists, effectively impacting the general society. Clearly, the perspective gained through looking back on one’s mistake would be impossible without adversity, which serves as the origin for remediation; society would not be able to progress without certain duress.
After the British empire separated itself from India, inner-country religious problems began to arise. The Muslims and Hindus of the liberated India released their pent up anger on each other and combusted into civil war right after they won the peaceful war against Great Britain. This war distressed Gandhi, who has insight into the unity of mankind, and encouraged him to go on a hunger strike until the brutality ceased. While on his near-death bed, he is approached by a Hindu who “killed a child” because the Muslims “killed [his] son,” and in response, Gandhi said that the way out of his “Hell is to “Find a [Muslim] child, a child whose mother and father have been killed and raise him as your own,” therefore the man would be able to see the equality in all religions. Throughout his entire life, Gandhi, though a Hindu, never prosecuted anyone for their religion and was able to see through everyone’s eyes as fellow brother’s and sisters, not enemies. This ability to empathize and recognize the general unity of the human population allowed Gandhi insight into the human
K. Gandhi also conveys how governments at times act out of petty impulses which are seen when he appeals to logos, by providing facts, when he writes, “A very stringent enactment was passed in the Transvaal in 1885...Indians might not walk on public footpaths, and might not move out of doors after 9 p.m. without a permit”(Gandhi, 119). A law was made that all Indians had to pay a poll tax of $3 as fee for entry in the Transvaal, also another law was made that didn’t allow Indians to be outside their homes after 9 p.m. without a permit, from a person they worked for. This explicates despotic government acting from petty impulses by being unfair towards the Indians while they live in South Africa. The despotic government was creating laws to be unfair towards Indians, to control them. Thus, proving how despotic governments act out of petty impulses which result in a negative impact towards the
Throughout history there has been people who have tried to change history by heroic action. During the 1900’s, there was individual named Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian Nationalist. He was a leader of the Indian Independence Moment against the British rule in India. Gandhi at times would, “attack Western materialism and individualism (p.436).” The people of India praised him for many of his Hindu traditions, along with him attacking the, “caste system and urged harmony with Muslims (p.436).”
Lastly, Gandhi continued to struggle with the satyagraha belief and was willing to devote his time on demanding the British to “quit India.” However, despite being imprisoned for this campaign, Gandhi aroused upheaval from the Indians who insisted the British to remove Gandhi from captivity. After the execution of the Salt March, the events that followed supported Gandhi’s philosophy on the satyagraha movement and further brought India closer to its independence from the British colonization. Works Cited Furbee, Mary and Mike Furbee. The Importance of Mohanda Gandhi.
He showed how he believed that in order to not support evil, one must not succumb to violence. Gandhi closed by giving the judge and the assessors [of the court] two choices: to resign their jobs and therefore separate themselves from what Gandhi called evil (most likely the British Empire). They would only do this, he said, if they strongly disagree with the laws that Gandhi was accused of, or if they believed Gandhi to be innocent. The other choice was to punish Gandhi according to the law, showing that they agree with the laws and believe that are beneficial to the
...Because of Gandhi’s power, his flaw, and his catastrophe, one would say that Gandhi fits the model of a Greek tragic hero. Gandhi’s power was his heightened goodness, proven by his innumerable civil disobedience acts, where he continued to fight even while he was regularly jailed. His flaw was his tolerance and acceptance of everyone which led to his catastrophic assassination by Nathuram Godse. Gandhi’s teachings of nonviolence and peace still live on today, as they have inspired many other human rights leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela. Gandhi’s teachings are responsible for the successes of civil rights movements in other countries. He not only helped free India from British rule, but also gave people new thoughts about violence and imperialism around the world. Even today, India continues to live and remember the tutelage of Gandhi.
Owing to India’s diversity, these identities are determined by caste, ancestry, socioeconomic class, religion, sexual orientation and geographic location, and play an important role in determining the social position of an individual (Anne, Callahan & Kang, 2011). Within this diversity, certain identities are privileged over others, due to social hierarchies and inequalities, whose roots are more than a thousand years old. These inequalities have marginalized groups and communities which is evident from their meagre participation in politics, access to health and education services and
Mahatma Gandhi, a nationalist and spiritual leader was perceptive and objectively so, perhaps most eminently when he instructed his zealots, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win” (Mahatma). Gandhi has a remarkable sagacity at a young age and strengthened it throughout the succession of his life. Although the aforementioned quote merely previews the extent of his intellect, it effectively summarizes his political approach. After becoming a member of the Indian National Congress Gandhi had the potential to become a most influential leader for the Indian people, and he did. Gandhi committed his political title towards fighting against the unlawful oppression of British rule. His method of fighting, however, was a politically innovative, mental type of fight. As a firm believer in the value of Pacifism, Gandhi developed the theory of non-violent civil protest and vowed to prevent his followers from succumbing to the allure of bloodshed. The irenic nature of Gandhi’s leadership won him the admiration of many Indian people, and is now considered to have political genius prestigious enough to be studied today (Mahatma 2). In some instances, studying Gandhi’s political strategy demonstrates the benefits of an actively participating governed majority. In today’s society, many people tend to make uneducated political decisions and sometimes even refrain from making one completely. In a variety of circumstances, related to any category of politics, from the election of a new president to the enactment of new laws, a group of Americans remain unrepresented because of their refusal to exercise their right to vote. A topic such as gun control would be a fitting example of a subject that while put ...
Gandhi was pissed and so he withdrew from public life once again. Just them in 1935 the British gave the Indians a great amount of rights but they were not happy.
The history of tribal oppression in India is an old one. “The Sanyasi Revolt”, “The Wahabi Movement”, and “The Naxalbari Rebellion”, are evidence of the tribal outcry that appropriately foregrounds their requirement for fundamental rights as citizens of the country. Even after sixty six years of independence, India’s rural poor and tribals are lamenting under the curbing effects of destitution, unemployment, undernourishment, illiteracy and human trafficking. For these people, the notions of liberty, equality and democracy have no meaning at all. Though the country is free from the bondage of foreign rule, their repression and prejudices still continue leaving them dependent on their new masters.
In another scene, Gandhi is in jail, and some of his followers are peacefully gathered in a square. The police lock up the square and kill almost everyone, over 1,500 people. Gandhi is disgusted and discouraged. He continues to preach non-violence, but the Indians do have occasional conflict with the police. Gandhi’s counter to the popular phrase “an eye for an eye” says that after that, “everyone will be blind.” Gandhi leads several organized protests against British rule. In one, all Indians stopped doing their work, and the major cities in the country were disabled. Another time, he led a 165-mile walk to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt. The Indians made their own salt out of the sea.
Radu Ban and Vijayendra. (2007). The Political Construction of Caste in South India. Working paper