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caste systemcivil disobediencedemocracyfreedomHinduismnonviolenceGandhi was best known as "Mahatma," an honorific title meaning "Great Soul," bestowed on him by people of India because of his reputation for self-sacrifice and saintly conduct. The term is not usually given to politicians, but Gandhi...
A survey of the protests against Gandhi reveals four recurring arguments. Gandhi is accused, first, of being racist towards Black South Africans; second, of being an apologist for Hinduism's caste system and thwarting Dalit political aspirations for autonomous self-assertion; third, of being sexuall...
on four tenets: a free, united India with Hindus and Muslims allied; the acceptance of the doctrine of nonviolence; in India's villages, the revival of cottage industries, especially of spinning and the production of handwoven cloth (khaddar); and the abolition of untouchability (see caste)....
Both offered alternatives to the caste system and denied that the Vedas (see Hinduism, Development of) were "inspired" scriptures. The founder of Jainism (see Jainism), Mahavira, was a contemporary of the Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, and the Hebrew prophets Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah. ...
existed for thousands of years in the country. The privileged are born into a high caste and the poorest are born into a low caste with little chance of ever advancing to a better state in life. The government abolished the caste system in the 1960's, but it still exists in practice ...
greatest of these ills was British rule, which imposed great suffering on Indians. The second was the religious conflict between Hindus and Muslims. At the same time, the third was the caste system, which classified millions of Indians as untouchables, and made them vulnerable to severe ...
“Father of the Nation”. The simplicity of Mahatma Gandhi and his stand of Non-Violence influenced not only India but the entire world and today, his accolades and examples are taught to scholars all over the world. His fight against the discriminating caste system in India and...
Gandhi wanted all people to live free, even those imposed by India’s caste system so he decided to take action in a peaceful manner (Background Essay). By doing so he was able to gain India’s independence in 1947 (Background Essay). This caused Gandhi to be known as “ Mahatma” ...
elite and the rustic, Urban and the rural. His India was for all but his insistence was on sharing and forming a continuous gradient between people irrespective of caste, gender or wealth (his trusteeship may have failed but he is alive in today’s philanthropy as he is in all modern n...