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- From: raj@aelle.cs.odu.edu (M. P. Krishna Raj)
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- Subject: Re: Relevance of Satyagraha
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.162857.26786@cs.odu.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 16:28:57 GMT
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- I have to make certain clarifications to my earlier posting.
- Satyagraga will work only under conducsive situations.
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- Mahatma was successful because the rulers were decent at least followed
- some rules and regulations for proper governance. But think about
- a situation if the police comes and under the pretext of searching
- and assaults the females.(Gandhi's wife, daughter in laws etc.)
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- Jalian walla Bagh: The shooting order was legally issued and was carried out
- by indians only. Again for that enquiry was held and Dyer was properly
- admonished.
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- Now let us come to incidence that happened in 1969.
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- A strike was going on in an industrial city. The workers were going in
- procession. The ARP came in dispersed the workers. The worker ran
- everwhere due to latticharge. Worker ran into nearby officer colony.
- (As you know officers are part of the management and never participate
- in strikes). The ARP who are chasing the workers got into an officers
- house under the pretext of searching and rapped the teenaged daughters.
- That family nothing to with the strike, and not share the political
- ideology of the trade unions. It is a typical bramin's house with all
- religious indicators. It is a two storied bunglow. There is no chance for
- anyone to think that as a worker's quarters. Even if it is worker's
- house no one has the authority to get in to that without a
- warrant. That officer resigned his good job as a matter of self respect.
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- My question if he made complaint about that what will happen?
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- My assertion is Mahatma was successful because his family was never touched.
- He went to jail many times. But jails were like ashrams those days.
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- In simple terms Satyagraga is successful only against a highly
- civilized western society.
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- Raj
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