Jean louis fournier biography of mahatma gandhi

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Jean louis fournier biography of mahatma gandhi

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His mother, who he referred to as a saint, died when he was away in London at law school. He was not notified of her passing since the family knew he would be distraught. Gandhi's life took a huge turn from which it never returned when he is offered a position as a lawyer in South Africa. He had not been successful as a lawyer in Bombay because he was too shy to speak up in court.

After experiencing discrimination first-hand, he found his voice. He spoke before a large gathering of Indians and Moslems working as indentured laborers in South Africa. His intent was to lift these people up and encourage them to stand up against discrimination. Gandhi's view was that discrimination could be overcome by a two-fold approach: exalting the individual who is being discriminated against while appealing to the fairness of the discriminator.

Gandhi worked tirelessly to forge a better life for his countrymen who lived and worked in South Africa. He stayed in South Africa over twenty years and realized many successes in his goal to help his people. When Gandhi returned to his native India, he was met by a variety of challenges but did not hesitate to take them on. During these difficult times, he promoted civil disobedience marches for which he was assaulted and even jailed.

He believed in only non-violent protest, but since he was a man of action—a karma yogi—he had no reluctance in voicing his feelings and fasting—coming close to death several times—to bring attention to his cause. Through hard work, unrelenting self-sacrifice, years of frustrating negotiations, and always a devout love of God, Gandhi was finally able to orchestrate an agreement between the British, Moslems and Hindus for an independent India.

The Moslems fought and won a separate Pakistani state which frightened Gandhi who had always advocated for a united India. As a young man born in a Hindu family, he was raised to believe and adhere to the Indian caste system. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Metropolitan Museum Cleveland Museum of Art. Internet Arcade Console Living Room.

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