Many
of today’s anti-corruption protestors believe that they are
participating in the second freedom struggle from misrule. Ambedkar had
warned against extra-constitutional means of protests. But today, in the
name of Gandhi, many believe that constitutional processes are
expendable. Actually, It is good that Gandhi is back in the public
memory. If this provides an opportunity to try and understand him, it
will be even better. While the tumultuous protests we are witnessing
today seem to cluster under the umbrella of Gandhism, how Gandhian is
the Anna Hazare led movement?
In this article "Gandhism redux? Wanna be Gandhis and the original Gandhi", Barun Mitra attempt to understand the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in today's India.
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