Re: Who is a communal/religious/racist leader - Jinnah or Gandhi
Gandhi occupies an important place in the history of the subcontinent and no there is no denying the fact that peace studies and conflict resolution studies are replete with Gandhi's role as the initiator of non-violent movement,who talked about Ahimsa and coined the word satyagarha. His was the movement that inspired many people all over the world but then again, Gandhi 's statements and his ideas were self-contradictory and nodoubt the subject of some controversy.
His struggle against the Bristish rule in South Asia acknowledged and appreciated also gave a religious color to the freedom struggle in the region. He might not have done that deliberately, maybe he never believed in communalism at all; nonethless it sowed the seeds that led to the eventual division in the hindu and muslim ranks.