Gandhi:BehindtheMaskofDivinity

ByColonelG.B.Singh

Author : Colonel G. B. Singh

Sponsors : N/A
Publishers : Prometheus Books 2004
Amherst, New York 14228-2197
Pages : 356; Price : $25.37 USD (Amazon)

Truth comes out breaking the walls of a fortress is a Punjabi saying. For the lovers of truth
G. B. Singh has exploded the Gandhi mythapostle of peace, emancipator of untouchables
and liberator of India by peaceful means from the British yokeby publishing his labor of
love, Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity. G. B. Singh studied Gandhi for over twenty years
collecting Gandhis speeches, writings and other documents, which the promoters of Gandhi
left out intentionally to create a twentieth century messiah by fusing J esus Christ and Vishnu.
The oppressors the proponents of colonialism, slavery, racism and casteism - have imposed
their own version of history on the victims through manipulation, deception and hypocrisy.
For example there is holocaust museum in the capital of United States in the memory of six
million J ews who fell victim to the atrocities of Nazis in World War II. It is commendable and
such museums should be built in every capital in the world to remind people of the heinous
crimes of the Nazis. But why not a museum about the genocide of native Americans or a
museum about slavery in the capital of United States? It takes moral courage to look into the
face of truth! In order to avoid the obligation to intervene in Rwanda, the Western powers led
by President Clinton put pressure on the United Nations Security Council not to characterize
the mass murder of Tootsies as genocide.

The making of Gandhi myth stared in South Africa by white Christian clergy. Rev. J oseph J .
Doke, a Baptist Minster was the first to write the biography of M. K. Gandhi. Soon many
other European and American clergymen and writers rushed in to make their input. J ohn H.
Holmes, a Unitarian pastor from New York praised Gandhi in his writings and sermons with
titles like: Gandhi: The Modern Christ, Mahatma Gandhi: The Greatest Man since J esus
Christ, Mahatma J i: Reincarnation of Christ and Gandhi before Pilate. Romain Rolland,
French Nobel Laureate in literature looked at Gandhi not only as a Hindu saint, but also
another Christ. He wrote Gandhis new biography in French. The English translation of this
book opens with: He is the One Luminous, Creator of All, Mahatma. Impressed with lavish
propaganda about Gandhi in the West, the Hindu propaganda machine came into action and it
churned out a plethora of literature to elevate Gandhi to the status of twentieth century Hindu
god The seventh reincarnation of Vishnu, Lord Rama, proclaimed Krishnalal Shridharni.
Portraits of Gandhi depicted him as Hindu avatar and Christian saint. The Indian government
under Prime Minister Indra Gandhi financed one-third the cost of the production of the movie
Gandhi for the portrayal of Gandhi as an absolute pacifist.

The Christian clergy had an ulterior motive in building the Gandhi myth. They thought that by
elevating Gadhi to a 20
th
century messiah and then converting him would open the flood gate
for evangelizing Hindu masses. Little did they realize that Gandhi hoodwinked them with his
insincere statements about Christianity? He was a die-hard Hindu, a true believer and
defender of the caste order the essence of Hinduism?

Gandhi apologists indulged in gross deception by claiming that Gandhis Satyagrah in South
Africa was in the defense of the rights of native people. Nothing could be further from truth
than this bald lie. How could Gandhi, a diehard supporter of the caste system think of the
welfare of African blacks he regarded lower than the Untouchables of India - slightly above
the animal level? His Satyagrah was for the better treatment of Indians, who, according to
Gandhi were treated the same way as savage Kaffirs (native people) were. In his stay of
twenty years in South Africa, he had no social contacts with the Kaffirs, as he did not see any
common ground with them in the daily affairs of life. He was horrified when he was lodged
with natives in the same jail ward. He did not like wearing the same clothes with label N
born by the natives, nor he liked their food and sharing lavatory with them. It was the jail
experience, which brought out his racism in the open. Kaffir and Chinese prisoners are wild,
murderous and given to immoral ways. Kaffirs are as a general rule uncivilizedthe convicts
even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animal.

He proclaimed that the British Empire was for the welfare of the whole world and he accepted
the superiority and predominance of white race. But he reminded the white people that upper
caste Indians share with the Europeans a common heritage the blood of the noble Aryan
race. According to him it is Aryan blood, which is responsible for the advancement of human
civilization. He suggested to Rev, Doke to civilize the Kaffirs by converting them to
Christianity and by infusing Aryan blood into their race. He told the white colonists that the
preservation of racial purity (Apartheid) was as important to the Indians as to Europeans.

He urged the colonial authorities to raise a volunteer militia of Indians to fight for the Empire.
He told the Natal authorities that it would be a criminal folly if they did not enlist Indians
for the war. He was rebuffed with sarcastic and derogatory comments about the fighting
ability of people like Gandhi. However, his persistence persuaded the authorities to form a
volunteer ambulance corps of Indians under the command of Sergeant-Major Gandhi during
the Boer War and Zulu Rebellion. He urged the Indian community to show their loyalty to the
British Empire by raising funds for the War. He reminded them that they were in South Africa
due to the courtesy of the Empire. It is not for us to judge whether the Kaffir revolt is justified
or not. We are co-colonists with whites of this land whereas the black savages are as yet unfit
to participate in the political affairs of the colony.

He was a mean spirited parochial Hindu. Sergeant- Major Gandhi selected only Gujrati
Hindus as his assistants, three Sergeants and one Corporal in spite of the fact the ambulance
corps (20-24 men) was made up mostly of non-Gujratis with substantial number of Muslims.

The Russian Revolution of 1914 spurted national movements against colonial rule. The
British brought Gandhi back to India to sabotage Indian national movement against British
rule. The congress Party dominated by Gandhi was set up under the patronage of the British
authorities. The apostle of peace urged the Indian people to support the British by enlisting
in the army during World War I. In his letter he wrote to the Viceroy in1930, he said, One of
his reason for launching the Civil Disobedient Movement is to contain the violence of
revolutionaries.

On the advice of white promoters of Gandhi, black clergy and civil rights leaders traveled to
India to seek Gandhis advice about solving the problem of segregation and civil rights of
blacks. How little did they know that Gandhi regarded the black people slightly above the
animal level? Moreover, they were ignorant of the fact that caste system was originally
imposed, as racial discrimination (Varna Ashrama Dharma) similar to the Apartheid system,
on the black natives of India by their Caucasian conquerors. But later on due to emergence of
new racial groups due to miscegenation between the two groups, Varna Ashrama Dharma
evolved into caste system tied to hereditary occupations. Untouchabilty is as integral a part of
Hindu faith as anti- Semitism of the Nazis. It is noteworthy that not a single black leader met
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar M. A. and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, M.Sc. and D.Sc.
degrees from London University and Bar-at-Law from Greys Inn, London - who was the
undisputed leader of the Untouchables at that time. Gandhi propaganda machine manipulated
the visit of black leaders, as it did not want them to find truth about Gandhis views on the
caste system. I believe in Varnashrama (caste system) which is the law of life. The law of
Varna (color and / or caste) is nothing but the law of conservation of energy. Why should my
son not be scavenger if I am one? He, Shudra (lowest caste) may not be called a Brahmin
(uppermost caste), though he (Shudra) may have all the qualities of a Brahmin in this birth.
And it is a good thing for him (Shudra) not to arrogate a Varna (caste) to which he is not born.
It is a sign of true humility.

In 1921, Gandhi delivered violent speeches inciting racial hatred against the British. During
bloody demonstrations and riots against the visit of Prince of Wales, William Francis
Doherty, an American citizen working in Bombay was murdered. Gandhi personally got
involved in the cover up of this gruesome murder through bribery and intimidation, as he was
concerned that the details of this murder would tarnish Gandhis image in the West.

It is a cruel joke and one of the biggest fabrications of the twentieth century that Gandhi won
Indian freedom without spilling a drop of blood. The truth is that it was the devastating effect
of World War II that forced the British government to dismantle its Colonial Empire.
Moreover, it was Gandhi and his Hindu dominated Congress party that engineered the
partition of the country on communal lines, as the Muslim dominant states stood in the way of
high caste Hindus to set up their Ram Raj (mythical Hindu kingdom) based on caste
ideology. Additionally, the Partition of India in 1947 is one of the major upheavals of the
twentieth century. In the State of Punjab alone, 11-12 million people lost their homes and
hearths where their ancestors had lived for centuries. May be as many as one million people
perished in the communal frenzy and thousands of young women were kidnapped while
Gandhi was reciting the murderous sermons from his favorite scripture Bhagvad Gita. He
kept insisting up to the last moment that the country would be partitioned only over his dead
body!
The ascetic in loincloth used to sleep in buff with naked young girls to perform experiments
to test his celibacy. Dr. Sushila Nayar told Ved Mehta that she used to sleep with Gandhi as
she regarded him as a Hindu god. The man, who had taken vow of poverty, demanded and got
even in jail the same comforts enjoyed by British high officials in India.
The apostle of peace, who counseled a J ewish delegation to oppose the evil of Nazism
by soul force - by committing mass suicide, was all praise for annexing Kashmir by armed
aggression.

He told his Sikh followers that rusty sword is useless in the age of Atom Bomb. The
development of nuclear weapons by India - a country that ranks among the poorest in the
world and is near the bottom of human development index chart of the United Nations
exposes the real face of the absolute pacifist and the nation that calls him father. After all
didnt lord Krishna tell Arjana during the battle of Mahabharata Victory is truth. Although,
the Indian people have started peeking at the man behind the mask of divinity, there is no let
up in the perpetuation of Gandhi myth in the West, especially the United States. G. B. Singh
rightfully deserves the accolades for bringing out the truth about Gandhi from Gandhis own
mouth.

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