Gandhiji’s unfinished work on the world stage
This article explores the global legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, arguing that his work remained unfinished at the time of his death. It highlights his influence on international movements, including the Black civil rights movement in the United States.
Why it matters
Understanding Gandhi's global impact provides context for modern non-violent protest movements and historical civil rights activism.
Writing about Gandhiji’s death on his birthday may not be an entirely odd thing, given how he died and how that conflicted with what he stood for. In popular perception, Gandhiji was a tired, old man whose life’s work was over when he was assassinated.
In any case, the people he sought to train and transform into compassionate human beings had turned bigoted murderers or condoned bigotry and mass murder during Partition. The last eccentric, going-against-the-grain act they allowed him was fasting in favour of Pakistan. Revisionist history of today seeks to downgrade his role in India’s freedom by counterposing Netaji.
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