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mother ganges. any one who bathes in these waters hindus believe, can hope to escape the cycle of birth, death, and re incarnation 75 years after independence. india is a blend of spirituality and modernity. a country where millions of children are still forced to work well, indigenous people are displaced for valuable resources. a nation with growing global influence both economic and political a country that promotes the merging of religion and politics. a place where hate speech and violence against non hindus are on the rise.
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for is this the india that mohandas, cramped and gandhi known as mahatma all great soul, dreamt 12 in his teachings and visions. a man who with his philosophy of non violent resistance, left his mark on collective memory and led his country to independence in 1947, a man who envisioned an india with equal rights for all regardless of face. an india that would vanquish poverty. in modern india, what is left of mahatma gandhi's dream. oh ah, ah,
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a ruin gandhi was born in 1934. he's a grandson of mahatma gandhi, and spent time with his grandfather as a child. i would characterize my grandfather, her being a visionary. yeah, he had really had her love and compassion put everybody for me as a grandfather and he was very loving, really caring, very committed to her grandfather. he took the responsibility of taking care of me because my parents had gone away leaving me there alone. mahatma gandhi espoused the principle of non violent resistance against the british colonial power,
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a model for pro democracy movements to this very day. vanden a shiva is a leading human rights activist in india and around the world to day. ga, the philosophy of known violence is a deep philosophy and practice. it is more relevant for india to day and the world than it was a 100 years ago. when he articulated it and lived he came up would be ideal for a fact. jaeger, which is a combination of george ship gear, meaning true, and our gram meaning parachute dog key. gandhi's greatest act of civil disobedience was the salt march of 1930. for 24 days, he walked almost to 400 kilometers with his followers. eventually harvesting
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a few grains of salt at dandy beach on the arabian sea, a symbol of rebellion against the british soap monopoly and the high taxes, the empire levied on salt. the british and imperialism are so greedy. they want to make money out of everything. they wanted to make money out of our salt in hot climates you need salt, and india was making salt all along the coastline by evaporating water from the sea . the british made it illegal to assault law. gone. b walked to dandy beach, picked up the salt from the sea. he said, nature gives it for free. we needed for our survival. we will not obey our law.
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alone with political contemporaries such as your hello nero and beer and bed co. gandy achieved something, seemingly impossible. on the 15th of august 1947 india gained independence. longer the girl. related with this penny. and now the time come. when we held the de la pledge at the foot of the midnight top, when the room sleep been awake, life and theda. hm . but the jubilation would soon fade something that candy never wanted. the division of the indian subcontinent became a reality. the partition between india and pakistan. so more than $10000000.00 hindus and muslims flee their homelands, the population exchange was fraught with violence. more than a 1000000 people lost their lives. then came the next devastating turn of events
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on the 30th of january, 1948 gandy. was assassinated by a radical hindu nationalist. ah, the ah, each lemme the great so did not live to see the indian constitution come into force in 1950. ah for he wandered india, b. m a, an example, a shining example of how or a non violent society can exist, study and how we can live ah, happily with each other. but that, that sandra, happening ah,
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gandhi's sayings continue to provide inspiration the world over. but do his teachings and ideals still have meaning in the india of today. aah! vote canvassing for the b. j. p. the party of prime minister and a render. a modi very nazi is modi's constituency. a b j. p stronghold in the state of which i pradesh one with the arc, the b j. p is determined to sweep the elections to the legislative assembly in march 2022. i got and i was all of them a month. i you remember with all of you i had i did with one of my he
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made a name that got it with somebody that will not let me live. that may have looked at me now that i done decently deals of tolerance and non violence on not exemplified by the b j. p . the right wing hindu nationalist party was founded in 1980. it's now india's strongest political force. it's rise has been nothing short of meteoric to day. it boasts the largest membership of any party in the world, the b j. p, as he is to the principles of the hindu to offer a movement that sees hindus as the historic victims of muslim and british colonial rule. and in justice, it is determined to remedy in 2014,
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the b. j. p again became the ruling party of india. under prime minister modi since then, there's been a shop increase in hate speech and violence against muslims. i would consider india democracy, only in name is not true. democracy there hold to loss of it to start with is a negative philosophy, her making india into a hindu country and eliminating all the other minorities from india. and they seem to be doing that and then go quiet way with instigating problems with christians and problems with muslims and you know, making them i am safe in the country. riches all against thee
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. a basic constitution of the country. 2 ah, j sure ye, rum or hail lord rama has become the b j p's battle cry in its fight for the hindu cause. ringback ringback ringback ringback ringback ah, to understand political, india, and, and arrange ramadi, it's necessary to delve into hindu mythology. according to legend, rama was born and i your dia, not far from vern asi roma is an incarnation of the hindu. good vishnu. one of the most revered deities in hinduism, b,
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j. p. supporters worship him above all other gods. it's believed the temple in roma's ana once stood in a yoda. that is until the muggles muslims from central asia who ruled india from the 16th to the 19th centuries, demolished the temple and directed the barbary mosque in its place. for many hindu nationalists and b, j. p supporters. the mosques that have replaced hindu temples are a symbol of that detested muslim rule. in 1992, the barbary mosque was torn down by nationalist hindu, demonstrated, the ensuing unrest claimed the lives of around 2000 people. a new realm, a temple is now under construction on the very same site with the approval of india's supreme court, an act of belated restitution for hindu nationalists. this is the moment
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to unleash non violent pass and re imagine valley's teachings for relevance to us. me, india, under the b j. p is a far cry from gandhi's ideals. the recess is the volunteer organisation of the hindu to movement, promoting hindu nationalist values through discipline and power. military training the many of the ministers in modi's government as well as the prime minister himself products of the r s. s system. it's the idea logical superstructure of the b, j pe. gandy. the saturn that to rem got had earlier been a follow of the movement of the present government in, in, near, is made up or for people who believed in the assassination of
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gandhi, who believe that gandhi was the enemy of the country and, and he's a l. m, a nation was justified and right, i think it's a very sad situation that such people have min brought into power. i'm a diversity, they're going to ahead. i'm checking the votel is with the corresponding president . i'm checking each and every night. how many people from the list have we not distributed? this little to 14, he was able to distribute 300 slips. god, what was the reason behind it? who doesn't live there anymore? he was a tenant type of, he was a student, and his last, it was a girl. she's moved out to the city. it's important for us to record this accurately. 2 to 3 people on every street on every alleyway schedule so that we can
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get the votes. street by street more live eisen, nicholas valley right in the goes, okay. i see. huh. so if we divide the area in $20.00 to $25.00 sumps actors and place one of our walkers and each one of them them, or get the maximum value, maximum board. hm. low mcculla linger. yep. mm hm. the b j. p is in the mazda of bureaucracy. the party compiles meticulous records on each and every citizen. in an effort to reach potential voters sung the townhome bodies of civil is, our organization is our biggest strength. our party is a party of disciplined walkers that got up whatever task we undertake. we do them only after getting our presidents permission to got back. c on via a c dot i hello brother. your sponsors been allotted at assay crossroads for the
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pm's roach area. the organization asks you to assemble a 1000 people off to that. you all have to keep walking alongside him. cool. no one should go back till we reached the university gate. ah ah club yet? because me and no other government could do the work he's done in 5 years. is there's devotion, inclusive, development and many other things. what was this ideology? well, when once again with $300.00 plus the ah,
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in modern india, children in marginalized communities are often put to work making breaks. a reality that doesn't correspond with mahatma gandhi's vision of freedom the week when do you start working? at 1 am i getting are you ready to meet the german can join me right. just do it on d. w. hang, i'm an avalanche or my welcome to my podcast. love matter. that i and life celebrities influences and experts to talk about all playing. loved thanks from data and yet today, nothing. i've been left the fast. all these things and more and then you know, season of the plot can make sure to tune and wherever you get your pot path and join the conversation. because you know, it love matter. mm hm
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. i imagine being blue, you are alike calm. you want to learn, but no school. you want to be you put on allowed to. when you're sick, the doctor now when you fall in love, they won't mind. you don't have children for fear they'll be invisible. your shoe with when you die, there's no, you ever every 10 us and like the 10000000 people in the world, the states, they have no nationality of a total. they don't belong. but everyone has the right. everyone has the right to
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