This post is about CHOOSING among two wrongs- in other words choosing thelesser evil !
Its about Gandhi. He always lectured people on non-violence. Its common knowledge. But when he agreed to the British proposal that he would have Indians fight for the British(Allied forces) in return for them leaving India after the war, he violated his own so-called principles. He could very well have asked the Indian masses, whose respect he commanded, to fight against the British with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj ! And who knows, we might not even have witnessed partition!
Another thing, though a bit unrelated, must be stated here. Sometime back, I read somewhere, probably some article in the Times of India, that some Naga tribe had held off the Azad Hind Fauj (aka Indian National Army) along with the British during some onslaught during those world war days. Don't you think the journalists must be sensible so as not to write such things post-independence. It seems like a piece of yellow journalism. You might ask how? Here's the answer. During this year's Hornbill festival, some US diplomat or ambassador was the chief guest. They might be playing their cards with these journalists! Go figure it out...
Its about Gandhi. He always lectured people on non-violence. Its common knowledge. But when he agreed to the British proposal that he would have Indians fight for the British(Allied forces) in return for them leaving India after the war, he violated his own so-called principles. He could very well have asked the Indian masses, whose respect he commanded, to fight against the British with Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj ! And who knows, we might not even have witnessed partition!
Another thing, though a bit unrelated, must be stated here. Sometime back, I read somewhere, probably some article in the Times of India, that some Naga tribe had held off the Azad Hind Fauj (aka Indian National Army) along with the British during some onslaught during those world war days. Don't you think the journalists must be sensible so as not to write such things post-independence. It seems like a piece of yellow journalism. You might ask how? Here's the answer. During this year's Hornbill festival, some US diplomat or ambassador was the chief guest. They might be playing their cards with these journalists! Go figure it out...
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