celebrating the venue i see that i was just celebrating alive that was very live by gone. did you so these are the future of india. and as you can see this, the relevance in gandhi, even today, 75 years after he lost his life a life which was dedicated to non violence. but he lost that life badly right here in this house. our correspondent liter cima reported there from delhi. and that's it from me and the news team from now, bearish gravity has d. w. a news asia just after the break. don't miss out. i'm gather f as in berlin from me and the whole news team here and does watch ah, these places in europe are smashing the wreckers step into a bold adventure. it's the treasure map for modern globetrotters. discover some of you are record breaking sites on google maps. youtube and now also in book form

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ah, my british manager, welcome to the dublin years, asia, glad you could join us. 75 years ago to day mark my gun 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. gone the 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. but at the cost of partition, most the majority parties done and hindu majority. but 2nd, a india came into being religious rights followed and done, the went on hunger strike to oppose the violence. hundreds of on january the 30th

1948. he was assassinated by a hindu nationalist who believed gandhi had been too accommodating to muslims during the partition. around a 1000000 people, denmark turned out for his funeral, battled it's well 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 he rach, ordering finds out. ah, you school, my bedroom, a schoolteacher has brought his students on an excursion to roger 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, had students to learn more about the great man as well. vanity economy 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 own. great. the thought about the what the carnegie mart my gone these to for non violence and campaigned fiercely for religious tolerance, eradication of untouchable city and south rule for india. a poor one until a professor at deleon where city often writes about gandhi. he describes him as a dissenter and a disruptor. he says that society's collective understanding of gandhi has become superficial. our schools, our picks books, are in worst, is daunted, warned, or children or student stool to come across about 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. any one than i taught

agrees. she has been a librarian for 20 years now. over the past few years, she says she has seen a change by linda laura danielle will. people would come to the library on occasion, such as the anniversary of gandhi's birth or death was law. 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 was a look back to love. come what they, their london. i've impressions seem to be borne out by the people we spoke to on the streets, mostly the biggest fan of my ma gandhi. and i think he has been a big, biggest influenza. but beyond no generation, they are not valuing those values as such. i think the prison reluw he's being made irrelevant. the values for which is that he fought for ah, the current ethos. that prevailing is absolutely diametrically opposed to their 75

years after his death. ma ma gone, these name is still well known. but his ideals and teachings appear to have lost much of their follow in the country of his book. that laws has been his assassins game now to rom, godsa, who shot gone the 3 times, and the trust is now openly fated by some data blues. are the pot reports this memorial in the heart of delhi is beer. mahatma gandhi 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, says hindu extremist. ideology is on his regular visit to pay tribute to the madman . he says that god is assassination. my god say,

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 fitted right 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 around not around good, see good se belonged to a right wing organization called the hindu mass above. he advocated the idea of a hindu nation and believed that gandhi had betrayed the hindus by being sympathetic towards the muslims during the fortune of the country in 1947, for the biographer of good se, there in the key jar,

the growing admiration for the assassin is a serious cause of concern. he says that gun, these statues are being increasingly went allies by those who opposed id up a secular india. so assassination was a kind of attempt to or stall this process of india becoming a secular democracy. the min holden was sought to remove through s escalation, 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 the indonesian state has become more prominent today. is this this temple in the not don't city of mid it is do or to it to the called 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 oh, i shook sharma. is the current leader of the right wing in new mass about group off

each more good see was a member? he dreams of opening good samples across india. if you go to godaddy and 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 on 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 mahogany. she's a historian and professor, the prestigious tavar la letter university in delhi, professor margin. how mainstream would you say is support for mart my gum, these assess in 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. ah,

the i used by the why fi, gender r t i to suit their political inches? because there is always a need for extremist elements entry and gentlemen to satisfy a certain constituency. so did allowed to do stuff like setting up tempers to go and say, you can even have a, b, b, m, be proud. gotta talk praising both c and other b j. b, functionaries of you know, coming up with a post where you're pointing air guns which are squatting. blood and lab 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 says and it's the allies represent to be a particular ideological politics. i do want to ask you about why i do want to talk to you about the b g b, because you're 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 pink as the prime minister of

a big country. he cannot afford to polish the politics, opp, hate beyond a certain point. but is it only about the electoral politics of the b g p also actually believe in what it's saying in one sense because we are talking about the b g p which traces its rules back to the sense 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 of the hindu martha and said back, but did not narrow. said that but deal at home and it still was the one who wrote

saying that it was a wing off the hindu my cell phone, which was behind the on the receipt to kill mahatma gandhi. so there's no doubt that the politics of the board, they all of our it says that even the b j. b. i. but same idea, logical politics is one of a majority again 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 4th trans. i was actually making the distinction that elect orderly and from the tactical point of view. you need your allies,

you know, in other states, you know, it all nit pace. 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 directory. we leave that there for the time being. thank you so much for joining us today. so get them hodgen from j and you diversity and that's it for today is mona website. do you ever dot com forward slash a shop as ever you can follow us on facebook and twitter as well. we're back to morrow to ben about re examining the way the holocaust is memorialized. is the culture of remembrance, frozen, and time is distracting us from honoring historical atrocities

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