tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post1243377821028432065..comments2024-01-03T13:53:38.766+05:30Comments on pareltank: Mahatma Gandhi and Hermann Kallenbach.kochuthresiamma p .jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-89099852447940743272011-04-02T10:57:09.203+05:302011-04-02T10:57:09.203+05:30@ anon
one cant say till one reads the book. also,...@ anon<br />one cant say till one reads the book. also, it's easy to say things about a dead man who cant defend from the grave.kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-80780620042318819812011-04-02T05:19:06.677+05:302011-04-02T05:19:06.677+05:30Even if (and this is a big "if") the cla...Even if (and this is a big "if") the claim that Gandhi was a bisexual is true: how does that take away from his teachings, and his actions? I see now reason why it should diminish his stature one iota.<br /><br />However, just for the sake of truth, I would like to know how strong are the claims that Gandhi and Kallenbach had a physical relationship. Is it based on hearsay, or is there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-38494678200819262922011-04-01T16:18:09.452+05:302011-04-01T16:18:09.452+05:30Gandhi was very true to his thoughts.After the rel...Gandhi was very true to his thoughts.After the release of the book written by the 'Pulitzer Award' winner writer in 2011,now I realise that Gandhi should have written in his autobiography that I fought in South Africa in this way 1908 but a 'Pulitzer Award' winner writer in 2011 may visualise my action as a hetero sexual,but never write that way because I believe truth is GOD andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-46366580275732083242011-04-01T01:13:25.461+05:302011-04-01T01:13:25.461+05:30The book is titled “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and...The book is titled “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India” by Joseph Lelyveld. There are some reviews in ‘Mumbai Mirror’, ‘Wall Street Journal’ (USA), Daily Mirror (UK) and other newspapers and journals which seem to indicate that the author has made the following remarks about the Mahatma:<br />a]. Mahatma Gandhi left Kasturba Gandhi to live with a Jewish German Architect, debpk77noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-59741432658991827482011-03-31T21:58:16.154+05:302011-03-31T21:58:16.154+05:30@anonymous
am shaken by the new book - am trying t...@anonymous<br />am shaken by the new book - am trying to understand the new allegations abt gandhi. will post a blog once i arrive at my conclusions.kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-89223686314031516052011-03-31T01:53:46.723+05:302011-03-31T01:53:46.723+05:30I just read today about the relation between Gangh...I just read today about the relation between Ganghiji and Mr.Herman through a controversial article by some 'Pulitzer Award' winner writer. The cursorily about the so called controversial relation brought me coincidently to this blog.This enhanced my knowledge further. A new chapter about the personality of Gandhiji is before us .<br /> I think that before criticising or apprciating Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-18440398723085699672009-08-09T18:14:16.469+05:302009-08-09T18:14:16.469+05:30Maybe. I hope I didn't spoil your mood for fur...Maybe. I hope I didn't spoil your mood for further posting in this blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-14168885127886949372009-08-09T08:48:54.228+05:302009-08-09T08:48:54.228+05:30@ anon
i find gandhi is an issue on which the pro...@ anon<br />i find gandhi is an issue on which the pro gandhi and anti gandhi groups can never see eye to eye.we can discuss it till the crack of doom but will always run parallel. better to leave it here :-)kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-11349723919948545142009-08-09T00:38:40.872+05:302009-08-09T00:38:40.872+05:30The british guys are all like Macaulay. Their thin...The british guys are all like Macaulay. Their thinking is ethocentric. They ruled India, they together with their brothers in the rest of Europe ruled the whole world. And they fought in the battlefields of Europe, or elsewhere, pouring forth the best of their people, the youngest of their tribes, the most enthusiastic and precious of them, into the mouths of cannons. They never hesitated to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-85384035460847058902009-08-07T23:17:11.926+05:302009-08-07T23:17:11.926+05:30@ anon
I've always thought that macaulay's...@ anon<br />I've always thought that macaulay's treatise on education is the most disgusting piece of writing which betrays him to be a hardcore ethnocentric incurable imperialist.<br />reg human history - what is history but a pack of official lies written by the dominant groups which were articulate and had the wherewithal to make themselves heard. history is textual not absolute.we kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-35039836059165071772009-08-07T21:45:22.097+05:302009-08-07T21:45:22.097+05:30Well, we have too many differences about Gandhi. I...Well, we have too many differences about Gandhi. I do not know where to start. In human history the forefront of civilization was always in cities. Don't you miss your Chennai days?<br /><br />As for the "education" that Gandhi wanted. I can do no more than to recommend Macaulay's celebrated essay on reforming Indian education. Here it is:<br /><br />http://www.english.ucsb.edu/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-38403150427792002112009-08-07T10:56:48.580+05:302009-08-07T10:56:48.580+05:30hello Mr.anon:-)
i think our takes on ganndhi are ...hello Mr.anon:-)<br />i think our takes on ganndhi are as different as different can possible be.<br /> i believe gandhism holds the key to many of the evils of post industiralisation modernism which has reached its apex in this century. if our post independence planners had paid more heed to gandhi, india would have been a better place now with more even distribution of wealth. take care of the kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-10257465919139656882009-08-07T00:39:36.599+05:302009-08-07T00:39:36.599+05:30It was the same Anon, apologies for the confusion....It was the same Anon, apologies for the confusion.<br /><br />1. "Birds of the same feather flock together." True. Eagles mix with eagles. But it is more extensive. Hyenas mix with hyenas. Swine with swine. Hitler and Mussolini formed another profound mutual admiration society. And pardon me, I am not a great fan of Gandhi anymore. He on the one hand wants to live in the age of Lord RamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-92030969664844731222009-08-06T19:25:31.609+05:302009-08-06T19:25:31.609+05:30Good post.Hope it will be turned into a museum as ...Good post.Hope it will be turned into a museum as I believe there are few interested buyers now. Otherwise as Einstein said coming generation will refuse to believe that such a person lived on this earth.Arun.N.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-25633513983533867492009-08-06T10:43:43.937+05:302009-08-06T10:43:43.937+05:30@ anon 1 - what's wrong with it? it's natu...@ anon 1 - what's wrong with it? it's nature's rule that birds of the same feather flock together<br />@ anon 2 - i would not equate KRALL, the house which is the subject of this post, to a dead body. The human body will rot but not human thoughts - relevant ones are untouched by time. KRAAL represents a way of life which can offer solution to extreme consumerism which is an offshoot kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-17360028665767543882009-08-06T04:13:34.457+05:302009-08-06T04:13:34.457+05:30Sorry madame. The wheels of time never turns back....Sorry madame. The wheels of time never turns back. The relics of old times must vanish eventually. The modern age must come.<br /><br />You wouldn't want to keep the dead body of someone forever, would you? No matter how great a man he was in his lifetime? It's just the law of nature that the new must replace the old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-19152774265438882152009-08-06T04:06:42.302+05:302009-08-06T04:06:42.302+05:30Forgive me for being cynic. It seems Gandhi and th...Forgive me for being cynic. It seems Gandhi and this guy formed a very solid "mutual appreciation society".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-42089635377946779682009-07-31T21:53:58.362+05:302009-07-31T21:53:58.362+05:30@shy
thanks for pointing out the typo.haave made c...@shy<br />thanks for pointing out the typo.haave made correction in datekochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.com