Gandhi Movie Review

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instigated the birth of the “Mahatma” (pure soul). Some of the social, cultural and environmental factors that helped create Mr. Gandhi’s personality are:-

a. Mr. Gandhi sailed for Durban in April 1893. An incident of humiliation and racial discrimination experienced by Mr. Gandhi when he was travelling from Durban to Transvaal. On finding Mr. Gandhi travelling on a first class ticket, the white train constable threw him out of the train carriage. This incident is crucial to the evolution of Mr. Gandhi from Mohandas to Mahatma. South Africa was Mr. Gandhi’s proving ground and launching pad for his rise to the premier leadership of the Indian community. The two-decade long stay in South Africa shaped his political perceptions. With his political tool of Satyagraha (hold fast to the truth) or passive resistance, Mr. Gandhi led his Indian community to fight against repressive acts.
b. He himself was a Hindu high class Brahmin, his family was highly respected in the Hindu ...

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to achieve political ends always placed him at odds with Jinnah’s political realism.
d. Also the external environment meaning the conditions pertaining in India not only changed his views, his ideas but changed the whole concept of his life to such an extent that he gave up the usual way of clothing like wearing a pant, shirt, tie; he changed totally his clothing style to wearing a self woven khadi dhoti (loincloth) only - to totally accept and feel like what numerous common Indians were going through.
e. Also, as portrayed in the film - while in conversation with Jinnah, Patel, Nehru and others he takes away the tray of tea from the waiter/server’s hand and he starts serving ...

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