Gandhiji’s Martyrdom Day: A grim reminder of hate politics
In the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the question is not so much on who pulled the trigger, as to what prompted him to do so.
By Venkat Parsa| Updated: 30th January 2021 1:41 pm IST Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated January 30, 1948.
Venkat Parsa
Mahatma Gandhi Martyrdom Day on January 30 is a grim reminder of how far hate politics can go, if left unchecked. It is for the thinking sections to reflect on the dangers posed by the hate politics, which, in fact, militates against the unbroken 5,000-year-old civilizational ethos of India.
Secularism is a hallowed heritage that has come down from the times of Ashoka and Mughal Emperor Akbar to in our own times of Mahatma Gandhi.