[lbo-talk] Re: lbo-talk Digest, Vol 30, Issue 166

[ravi]

At around 23/6/06 1:20 pm, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
> J <cogprole2 at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
>> according to Eqbal Ahmad it was kind of inbetween. Gandhi hindued 
>> up the movement used alot of hindu concepts, the rule of Ram, 
>> symbols, devotional music etc. for mass mobilization. there's the
>> famous phrase "mr gandhi is spiritualizing the hindu nationalist
>> movement". he wasn't sectarian but alot of things he did
>> inadvertantly contributed to it. before that muslim nationalism was
>> whipped up in an attempt to save the caliphate in turkey. i would
>> say that the leaders of the anti colonial movement were secular.
> 
> You may take a look at the appended article on the Gandhi's attitude
> towards religion and politics. Bipan Chandra is a well known Marxist
> historian.
> 

Ulhas,

thank you for that excellent forward.

	--ravi

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