Gandhi and India's economy

[Ghouri]

Re: Gandhi and India’s economy

@kprasad

The problem with people like Ketan Desai is that they wish India was more like the image they have in their head. And to that end, they’ll revise and interpret history so the future is more to their liking. He and people of his ilk are the Indian equivalent of the American Neo-Conservatives. He wants Indian foreign policy to be more aggressive and domestic policy to be more business friendly, and one way you negate the Gandhian philosophy is to negate Gandhi.
I, myself, am no fan boy of Gandhi. I concur with some of the points. Particularly that empire ended out of financial needs than the efforts of one man. But regardless of Indian or Pakistani, one has to admire Gandhi for his commitment to non-violence and want of a pluralistic and tolerant society.

A reasonably good post. Would have been better if you had pointed out where you agree with the author. Agree with the idea that Gandhi tried to buld a pluralistic society, but the article is about economy, not multicultureism, which Europe by the way says has failed.