tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1069099522721226787.post6291082779188208566..comments2024-03-19T10:31:36.342+05:30Comments on The Times of Bullshit: Hunger Fasts and Sluggish DemocracyShoaib Daniyalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14505444520025822214noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1069099522721226787.post-26241956579881305052011-04-13T01:28:10.596+05:302011-04-13T01:28:10.596+05:30Hades,
I mentioned those differing strands because...Hades,<br />I mentioned those differing strands because they draw their sustenance from the same premise that Gandhi was an anarchist. Now, I don't deny that he believed in such ideas at some point of time. But we have to see the context in which he wrote those lines. As always, there is danger of fitting complicated personalities like Gandhi in pre-labeled boxes. Taking that as a cue, one Amitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1069099522721226787.post-92051685965059766212011-04-12T23:17:46.436+05:302011-04-12T23:17:46.436+05:30P.S: I'd like it if you could provide links to...P.S: I'd like it if you could provide links to the said blogger's post on this though. Hum bhi to padhe.Shoaib Daniyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505444520025822214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1069099522721226787.post-36019031499451026382011-04-11T23:18:06.247+05:302011-04-11T23:18:06.247+05:30Amit,
That is a well worn argument. I am aware o...Amit,<br /><br /><br /><i>That is a well worn argument. I am aware of this theory that had it not been for Gandhi, India would have got independence earlier via constitutional means. </i><br /><br />Woah. My argument was that Gandhi supported anarchism (or at least its final goals—no or minimum government). This other theory we have not even discussed far from it being “well worn”.<br /><br />I Shoaib Daniyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505444520025822214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1069099522721226787.post-63181647484838116192011-04-11T02:21:09.461+05:302011-04-11T02:21:09.461+05:30Hades,
That is a well worn argument. I am aware...Hades,<br /> That is a well worn argument. I am aware of this theory that had it not been for Gandhi, India would have got independence earlier via constitutional means. It's a extremely naive/dishonest argument. From my interaction with Pakistani bloggers, they seem to be obsessed with that idea. That is understandable: that's the best argument if you want to laud Jinnah. What escapes Amitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1069099522721226787.post-45135769581971089032011-04-10T09:35:10.586+05:302011-04-10T09:35:10.586+05:30Amit,
Gandhi was not a closet anarchist, he was a...Amit,<br /><br />Gandhi was not a closet anarchist, he was an open one. There are a ton of his writings where he argues against a state and an arrangement where people rule themselves, directly.<br /><br />FYI:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism <br /><br />P.S: I am half Bihari (one quarter actually) if that makes you feel better.Shoaib Daniyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505444520025822214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1069099522721226787.post-92046068072971971522011-04-10T04:04:54.524+05:302011-04-10T04:04:54.524+05:30"we’ve seen ever since Gandhi pioneered this ..."we’ve seen ever since Gandhi pioneered this form of politics in our "<br /><br />Are you leading us to the Gandhi-was-a-closet-anarchist argument? That would be a ton of BS.<br /><br />By the way, nice posts, and I am sorry for your travails as a Muslim. Try being a Bihari.Amitnoreply@blogger.com