Ghandi
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Gandhi
In January 1948, before three pistol shots put an end to his life, Gandhi had been on the political stage for more than fifty years. He had inspired two generations of India, patriots, shaken an empire and sparked off a revolution which was to change the face of Africa and Asia. To millions of his own people, he was the Mahatma- the great soul- who influenced India for ever. By the end of 1947 he had lived down much of the suspicion, ridicule and opposition which he had to face, when he first raised the banner of revolt against racial exclusiveness and imperial domination. His ideas and his words influenced not only India but most of Asia and Africa as well. Einstein had said of Gandhi in July 1944, "will scarcely believe that such one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon earth."
The movie starts by showing Gandhi's assassination in 1948 in New Delhi however then Gandhi's life is explained chronologically from when he was a young attorney. The beginning scene in the movie focuses on the racial discrimination by the British when young Gandhi is in the train however he is thrown out because he was "colored." This is a concept of equality which we have discussed in class that equals should be treated equally. One of Gandhi's initial actions against the English empire was burning of the passes which were government property...