The Mahatma

Godse's text of self defence
http://ngodse.tripod.com/defense.htm


MK Gandhi is definitely to be revered for his role in India's freedom movement. His leadership and his initiative are without doubt commendable and nonpareil. And his title of 'Mahatma' is justified.
However, I've read articles about the man which paint a totally different picture. The set of people who criticise Gandhi subscribe to a school of thought which says that his 'persistent policy of appeasement towards the Muslims' was at the cost of Hindus. The locus standi he adopted which opposed the Indian Govt's decision to withhold the Rs 55 crore due to Pakistan just after partition is a case in point.
Yes, the concept of turning the other cheek sounds good in lecture halls and in moral science classes. But in international politics then, as indeed now in contemporary foreign policies, it doesn't work.

Will all due respect to the great man, a few of his beliefs were definitely flawed.