blow, but we will receive them and make them see their injustice.” When millions of Indians wanted to fight and kill the police Ghandi wisely stated that he was prepared to die, but for no cause was he prepared to kill. When bloodshed did occur, Ghandi refused to be any part of it and decided to fast in order to stop the violence. He did not believe that freedom should occur at the expense of murder and bloodshed. The greatest enemies of the Indian people were themselves. India was faced with many internal differences because of multiculturalism. In the end, their cultural differences led to their division. Ghandi repeatedly stressed the importance of unity between Hindus and Muslims to fight their oppressors. He felt that all Indians had the same mother, India. When meeting with a reporter from Life magazine, Mahatma said, “It doesn’t matter which book is read, as long as God is watching. We are all God’s children.” There was a conference for Indian Independence during which a main issue was the multiculturalism of India. “There is a Hindu India, a Muslim India, and an Indian India. ALL must be respected and cared for.” Other facets of India’s internal differences were women and the “untouchable” class. There are two kinds of slavery in India, women and the untouchables and Ghandi worked on ridding both. His community of Ashram is a prime example of a classless society. The main rules entailed that there are no untouchables; and that no work is beneath anyone. When his wife was offended for being asked to clean the toilet, Ghandi was infuriated (the only time he lost his temper throughout the entire film). He built this community on the basis of being classless and stressed equality and communal living. Many countries are thought to be “third-world” countries, and India is one of the most populous third-world countries today. This label stems from poverty, underde...
