Theos-Talk Archives (August 2005 Message tt00032)

Here is a book if you have not read it then you are not a true 
Indiaphile--don't know if that is a real word but if you love India 
and the culture and are interested in the break with the British Raj-
-this book tells the whole story. It has been touted as one of the 
best books not only on the subject but also one of the best in the 
English language. It is a large book and is not new but you won't be 
able to put it down. I need to reread it again.

But anyway, if you look at Ghandi's life--time spent in S. Africa 
you will see that he was dreadfully familiar with racism in Africa 
at the hands of the whites and on his home continent. That is enough 
to spur anybody on to activism. He really did not need to understand 
anything except that his people were oppressed and did not 
have "Home rule." Young America understood it when breaking from the 
Crown.

Self-determination is what makes America free and great, and that is 
what India wanted as well. What they do with it is another thing. I 
am not saying that British rule was a bad thing. If you've been 
there you will see that the rail system the Brits and Indians built 
back when is still being used today and it is a comprehensive system-
-but extremely old. 

More later

Netemara

PS: When Ghandi went before or visit with HPB in England or India (I 
forget which) she did not say or make note of anything about his 
future as the leader of the break. Now, HPB took a lot of heat from 
critics who said that she was not so psychic because she did not 
recognize that Ghandi would become this great soul. I say the fact 
that he saw her might have been what determined what he became. Did 
anyone else predict Ghandi would become "Ghandi"? I don't think so.

Net