Gandhi said the following a few months before he was assasinated.
PUNE, India, Feb. 27
On Jan. 30, 1948, Gopal Godse was a 28-year-old storekeeper at an Indian Army barracks in Pune. At 6 P.M., All-India Radio announced that a lone gunman in New Delhi had shot and killed Mohandas K. Gandhi, the 79-year-old apostle of nonviolence who led India to independence from Britain at midnight on Aug. 14, 1947.
The assassination stunned India but came as no surprise to Mr. Godse. The assassin, Nathuram Godse, was his older brother. The two men had been active in the Hindu nationalist movement since the 1930's and planned the assassination along with several others.
Their purpose was to punish Gandhi, a Hindu, for his evenhanded attitude toward Muslims -- in particular for acquiescing in Britain's partition of India into the separate nations of India and Pakistan.
Congrats to Annie, who was first in researching how Gandhi's assassin justified the murder. She wins the Gandhi doll!
Courtesy of Tamara!
While watching this video, a reoccurring question was in my head : " How would Gandhi react to this Revolution?"
Hey Mr.Bolos I think this song applies to the point Gandhi was getting to about people depending to much on technology, here are the lyrics and the song...Courtesy of Charlie!
While I was looking for a video or song that would relate to the topic we have been studying (Gandhi), this one was particularly interesting to me. I think it relates to Gandhi's ideas on technology and how future generations would rely too much on technology. In Gandhi's Hind Swaraj, he talks specifically about technology and how it will affect society, "Men will not need the use of their hands and feet. They will press a button and have their clothing on their side". To me, this seems very unrealistic, but it is obvious that he believes technology will be so advanced that it could even get to this stage. I think the song "Technologic" by Daft Punk relates to this for a few reasons. The lyrics of this song are mostly just words/verbs-- like "save, send, click"-- which makes me think of computers, cellphones,and other advanced technology and how these actions are done on a daily basis when we, as a society, use our technology. Also, the music video is based off of robots, and no humans, which is a symbol of technology. Right now we don't have robots like that, but you never know!
Pao-yi
The first minute and a half of this video of the black eyed peas is what we were talking about in class about computers talking like us.
REED
Recently, an apple employee left his new Iphone4.0 at a bar and someone found it. Now, Apple is looking at firing the worker because of his breaking of the code of silence surrounding the companies unreleased products. This shows what technology has become to. Not only have people been inventing amazing products that will make our lives easier, but the world of technology has been becoming competitive. People want to invent the best possible item for fame and fortune and are willing to do whatever they can to make sure they can get that done. Gandhi would probably not like the controversy technology recently has caused society to stress about.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/21/apple-iphone-gray-powell/
Gabrielle Lyons