[CrazyIvan]

“All that Gandhi stuff is for tourists,” adds his father, Raja K.S. Sidhu. “They should go off to Varanasi, see the holy cows.”

‘‘Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.’’

— Mahatma Ghandi, “Gandhi, An Autobiography”, page 446

[Carry_Okie]

Thanks, I was going to quote that myself, but looked first because I didn’t believe FReepers would buy that crap about Gandhi.

[ravager]

Actually most FReepers use that quote out of context. Here is the complete quote:

“Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. If we want the Arms Act to be repealed, if we want to learn the use of arms, here is a golden opportunity. If the middle classes render voluntary help to Government in the hour of its trial, distrust will disappear, and the ban on possessing arms will be withdrawn.”

Gandhi was urging Indians to join British army to fight the Boar War in South Africa. Gandhi himself served in the Boar War as part of the Peace Corps.