Gandhi Movie

When I would think about Gandhi i just pictured an old Indian man that was overly skinny. I know this is a cliche however I am sure it is what most people think. I knew that he was a practitioner of non-violence. What I didn't know about was the part religion played in his life. Gandhi was hindu, however he worked closely with, studied and taught based on the principles of many other religions, such as muslim, and christianity. He really stretched across many cultures and religions to reach out to so many people because he wasn't culturally bias. This only raised Gandhi's popularity amongst his followers.

Something else I found interesting was the fact that no matter what the opposition did Gandhi and his followers never acted in violence, and he was adamant about that. As the movie showed it was that fact that gave him so much power it made it so there was no way the British could lock them away for very long.

What amazed me about Gandhi were all the sacrifices he made in order to see his free India movement through to the end. After the British left India the two most prominent religions, hindu and muslim started fighting. When Gandhi got wind of this he stopped eating. He was willing to die in order to show his followers that fighting was not the answer for India. Because both parties in the conflict cared for Gandhi and were his followers they laid down their weapons and stopped the fighting to save him.