ah, ah ah ah, this is did up in years aisha coming up to date 75 years after his assassination. how india views, independence hero mahatma gandhi. he's always been called the father of the nation in india, but his non binding struggle against british rule. but 75 years after his death, it's his assassin. that's been called

a patriot by some in india. we asked why ah, by british manager, welcome to deed of the news asia. glad you could join us. 75 years ago today, my, my gum b, who led the campaign for india as independence was assassinated in delhi. the former lawyer is often called the father of the nation and credited with leading a non violent struggle for independence from british rule. gandhi wanted an independent peaceful india that protected religious freedom, but that was challenged by growing muslim and hindu nationalism. in 1947, india gained independence from the british, bought at the cross to partition, most the majority of pakistan and him to majority. but 2nd, the india came into being religious rights followed. dandy went on hunger strike to

oppose the violence. hundreds of on january the 30th 1948. he was assassinated by a hindu nationalist who believed dandy had been too accommodating to muslims during the partition around a 1000000 people then turned out that his funeral battled its way along. that was in 1948, but the india of 2023 is rather different. internationalism has been emboldened by prime minister in ramadi, leaving gone these legacy in tatters. as did have no correspondence, when your children finds out, ah, you school my bad well, a school teacher has brought his students on an excursion to rach, cut a memorial in delhi dedicated to mahatma gandhi. drakeesha himself has read about gone the since he was a child. the bellow there he was his students to learn more about the great man as well. gandhi k. e community was a leader of our country who made

a name for himself and for our country globally. he led such important movements and struggles that we still think about to say the kids should also know all that, that he only the authority. but the what the carnegie mart, my god. these 2 for non violence and campaigned fiercely for religious tolerance, eradication of under to ability and self rule for india. a poor one until a professor at deleon versity often writes about gandhi. he describes him as a dissenter and a disruptor. he says that societies collective understanding of gandhi has become superficial. our schools, our picks books, are in worst is daunted, warned, or children or students struggle to come across that gandhi, who asks uncomfortable question. and who, who questions on the status quo in every sense of the term jazz says, today's society has lost sight of gone these to relevance in need. one denija

agrees. she has been a librarian for 20 years now. over the past few years, she says she has seen a change by linton dela pena will. people would come to the library on occasion, such as the anniversary of gandhi's birth or death from other children. also used to come and read about gandhi, but not many come now, even the interest in gandy, i feel is not as great as before home with a look back. the love come what they, their london. i've impressions seem to be borne out by the people he spoke to on the streets. personally, the biggest fan of my, my grandy and i think he has been a big, biggest influenza, but be younger generation. they are not valuing those values as such. i think the prison renew, he's being made irrelevant. the values forward to that he fought for. ah,

the current ethos. that prevailing is absolutely diametrically opposed to that. 75 years after his death ma ma gone. these name is still well known. but his ideals and teachings appeared to have lost much of their follow in the country of his book . that loss has been his assassins gain now to rom, godsa, who shot gone the 3 times and the trust is now openly fated by some data blues are then part reports. this memorial in the heart of delhi is vere map. ma gandy was assassinated by a radical hindu nationalist. not where i'm going to say. 75 years ago as gandhi walked across his ground, got see shot him 3 times in the just killing him on the spot to day. hush mondor, an activist who opposes good, sees hindu extremist. ideology is on his regular visit to pay tribute to the madman . he says that god is assassination. by god se shook the witty core of the nation.

there was a tempest of heat that was sweeping or much of our country and that sunday, you know, with his assassination with the blood, that pitted rate. here i, i think he was stunned as a nation into recognizing where the politics of he was leading us for mander. this memorial is a reminder, up gone the sacrifice in the darkest and most turbulent period of india's political history. but in recent years, a cult of personality has begun. brown not to rom, good see, good say belonged to a right wing organization called the kingdom maha. he advocated the idea for him the nation, and believed that gandhi had betrayed the hindus by being sympathetic towards the muslims during the portion of the country in 1947 for the biographer. a good say

that in that good jar, the growing admiration for the assassin is a serious cause of concern. he says that gandhi's statues are being increasingly run to lies by those who oppose the idea of a secular india. so as oscillation was a kind of at m, do or stall this process of india becoming a secular democracy. the mean holder was sought to remove through as oscillation. so it was an attempt to resolve this clash, the class between 2 ideas to capture the soul of india. backlash between a secular india and indonesia state what has become more prominent to day reserve this temple in the not done city of merit is due to it to the cult up. good. see, the group of men here is rehearsing celebrations, to mark gandhi's assassination. i'm out on january 30th that didn't ha, ah, sure sharma is the current leader of the right wing in new ma subaru off each good

see was a member why he dreams off opening good samples across india. if you go to godaddy, it is not only the dream of hindu maha, the dream of every hindu fundamentalist and hindu nationalist. to raise the name and ideology of mahatma gandhi and make not forum go to the father of the nation. wrong war, this garage was all these. we was profoundly shocking for those who will gone the as the father of the nation. and joining me now for more is to chip a margin. she's a historian and professor the prestigious javala letter university in delhi professor margin. how mainstream would you say is support for mart my gum, these assess and not where i'm god see in india to day? well, i see that it's not mean stream at all. these are strange elements. they

are used by the y pigeon party to suit their political interests because there is always a need for extremist elements and fringe elements to satisfy a certain constituency. so they're allowed to do stuff like setting up tempers to go see you can even have a, b, g, b, m, be proud. talk or appraising both c and other b, j. b, functionaries of you know, coming up with a poster where you're pointing air guns which are squatting. blood blood is coming out of the of mahatma, they are killing him. but i would say that it's not me

in stream at all, and that's the saving grace for us in india to day. however, there's one, kathy, it, which is that god se represented in 1947 wat broadly the b g, b, and particularly the r. it's s and its allies represent to be a particular ideological politics. i do want to ask you, but i do want to talk to you about the b j b because you had one of these great grants on shot gun. the saying that prime minister, moody, through his speeches is caught lighting the fire of heat and that this will one day consume india itself. would you agree with the shot gun these assessment? i would not go as far as that. i think as the prime minister of

a big country, he cannot afford to push the politics up hate beyond a certain point. but is it only about the electoral politics? so does the b g p also actually believe in what it's saying in one sense because we are talking about the b d p which traces its rules back to the recess of which nothing. i'm going to say was at least at one point a member i would see that god see. and his mental and patron salvo code, who was clearly behind the conspiracy, was a very important member off the hindu martha. answer back, but did not. merrill said that but deal at home and it still was the one who wrote

saying that it was a wink off the hindu martha, which was behind the ones to see, to kill mahatma gandhi. so there's no doubt that the politics of books they are out of are it says that even the b g, b i the same idea. logical politics is one of a majority in politic. the desire to establish the state i hinder roster, the demand for each game right as early as 1947. and because they saw don d as an obstacle, he had to be put out of the way. there is no difference, ideologically between all the 4th trans. i was actually making the distinction, but elect orderly and from the tactical point of view. you need your allies,

you know, in other states, you know, it all nit base. you need people in from the side. you know, you need those guys who are not going to follow the politics of the trade in so direct to read. we'll leave that there for the time being. thank you so much for joining us today. so get them hodgen from j new university. and that's it. for today is mono website, the level dot com, forward slash asia, em as ever. you can follow us on facebook and twitter as well back to morrow to then about every day for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do

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