"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Inspiration
One person that Ghandi was inspired by was a man by the name of Raychandbhai. Ghandi followed and trusted Raychandbhai unconditionally and went to him when he had a spiritual crisis.
Another person who served as an inspiration for Ghandi was Gopal Krishna Gokhale. He was a political leader who was kind and welcoming to Mahatma and had a goal of spiritualizing politics that Ghandi agreed and enriched upon. Gokhale has seven chapters devoted to him in Mahatma’s auto biography. Also, a man named Tolstoy from Russia was an inspiration for Gandhi. He left an impression on Ghandi like nobody else. Tolstoy encouraged truthfulness, independent thinking, and morality. Lastly, Mahatma Gandhi was inspired possibly the most of all by and English thinker named Ruskin. After reading his book, Gandhi immediately was impressed by it and referred to it in his moments of gloom. Mahatma Gandhi was in no way independent in his actions and inspiration. |
Environment
This article reflects the slowly rising panic that was rising in the Indian government.
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Indians were discriminated everywhere from South Africa to India. Gandhi’s influence was not simply based around a moment, but over years and years of nonviolent protest. Before these years, Indians were treated much like the African Americans in the United States before Martin Luther King Jr. The injustice and immorality of this is what sparked Gandhi’s revolution.
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This article shows how the British actually took pride in their control over the Indian people, and incorporated it into their artwork, specifically that by Rudyard Kipling.
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"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Mahatma Gandhi