07.01.08

Comment on the clips “Gandhi 2“ and “In Search of Gandhi“

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:56 pm by carolindust

In the parody “Gandhi 2” Gandhi is shown as a brute, which shoots with guns and hurts people. In addition to that, he personates a womanizer, who likes to party and even eats steak (the cow is a holy symbol in India!).

Gandhi’s real values – for instance his non-violence, passive resistance or his goal to live like an ascetic – are parodied in this movie. In “Gandhi 2” he is no longer the “messiahs”, who he was in the past, but has turned into a killer, a sort of action star we see in today’s movies.

 

I had a look on “You Tube” and found a clip called “In Search of Gandhi”, but I don’t think that it is the right one, because there is no interviewed person saying that today Gandhi would grab a gun. Here is the link of the clip I found: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=in+search+of+gandhi&search_type=&aq=f

Nevertheless I find this clip quite useful, because it quotes Gandhi and shows once again what his understanding of democracy is – a state where the weakest and the strongest have the same opportunity. Besides Gandhi thinks that not only a few people can achieve a democracy, in his opinion every village has to support it.

To stop the wars and fights in today’s society we need to achieve democracy in every part of the world. If this does not happen there will be always social injustice and insurgence.