Mahatma+Gandhi

=Mahatma Gandhi= By: Tanya Gandhi 8E

This is my wiki-page and for those who don't know me, here's a little background information.

My name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but most people know me as Mahatma Gandhi. I was born on October 2nd, 1869 in a small town on the western coast of India called Porbandar. I was born in a middle-class family with my mom and dad. My dad was a soon-to-be prime minister of Porbandar and my mom was a very saintly character, very gentle and devout, those of which she left a deep impress on my mind. When I was born, the British rule was already established in the whole of India. The primary schools I went to, were built by them and even run by them. But for them to be ruling India wasn't such a great thing for the people of India. They were very racist about their opinion, and only looked at the cast of people without knowing who they are or what they want to say. They would mainly treat people badly who wouldn't follow their rules, and I have always said, "Our aim is not to do things by violence to opponents". They were the ones that thought differently than me. Some of the other subjects in India also thought that violence was the only way to get India on the path of freedom, but that couldn't be the only way around.

I started my journey off by pointing out my opinion and confronting the British rulers. My opinion was that we are stable enough to rule India. Many times I was beaten up and threatened about not to express my opinion again. But I didn't give up, everyone has a right to their own opinion with the correct way of expressing it. I then went on by explaining my views and opinion to the public, trying to know what they think is right. I did not though, make them choose sides. Anyhow they are rightly to their own opinion and they won't be forced to think anything. Most people agreed with me, but they didn't quite like the way that I wanted to accomplish this, since I wanted to do this without any violence. But even I put my foot down and said, if we're doing this, we're doing this without any violence!

I set up rallies and we started protesting. I also got involved with the Indian government and they were all helping me. We together started putting pressure on the British rulers and they started getting nervous with the whole nation against them. Some groups of ours broke apart and attacked on them by setting fires in the police stations and in some of the officer's houses, which was behind my back. But at the end of all the protesting, attacking, and confronting they left India for the Indians to rule themselves.

I would say if I hadn't brought up my point or been there to bring this issue up, India wouldn't be a free country at this moment. Many lives would be tortured everyday, no one would have their opinions put in perspective. Even girls wouldn't be going to school because the school the British built were only for the boys. It impacted everyone's elses lifes out of India too, because now most of the world have freedom to rule their own countries without outsiders interference.

Other leaders of the world were influenced as well by my showing my belief in the resistence of violence and they were brave enough to stand up for their thoughts, showing bravery, and believing in only the truth. They could express their matter without having to be scared or afraid of the people they were standing up to. Even the children nowadays look at me as someone to follow through out life. Someone whose life was full of truth, non-violence, bravery and confidence.

From what I started, many leaders are now bringing up the right and opportunity to rule their own countries.

My actions and beliefs would probably make me a risk-taker, communicator, thinker, open-minded and caring. I have had the guts to bring up my perspective and try and get justice for the country which was a big risk, seeing how much I would get beaten up. I communicated my ideas and thoughts of non-violence to the public in different fair ways. Thinking through what I am doing and making sure every step I'm taking is properly thought through with backup has made me a thinker, I also looked at all the other perspectives of this matter seeing all the points and issues and thought open-minded to do the best for the country. Last of all caring, because I wanted to make sure no feelings were hurt, no thoughts were discarded, and most importantly wanting no ONE to get hurt. Obviously that last point didn't work out as thought, but at least my intentions were all clean.

What I have done would come under the category of politics big time. Because through the government I was able to express a political matter of who would rule whose country effectively and non-violently!

Bibliography:

 Web link ||< Mahatma Gandhi - His Life in Pictures. New Delhi: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, 1954. N. pag. MK Gandhi. Web. 3 Nov. 2010. . ||
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