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Mohit Agrawal

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  • About I’m a masters student in the Economic Policy Evaluation and Planning program at the National University of Ireland, Galway, on the Mitchell Scholarship. I graduated from Princeton University in 2011 with a major in mathematics (applied math track) and minor in computer science.

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    Mohit Agrawal commented on Gandhi's Message to the Youth
    Hi Petergon. Thank you for your thoughtful criticism. I hope you'll appreciate the main thurst of my message: that Gandhi should be remembered for much more than just as "the father of modern India." I don't disagree that helping lead the political movement that catalyzed Indian independence (and consequently British decolonization across the world) is important. Certainly it was important. But Gandhi was able to change much more than lines on a map. I agree with you that Gandhi's lasting contribution comes from his ideological inspiration--and because that inspiration also touched the youth, it helped guide India's development and other world events throughout the late-20th century. But at the same time, I disagree with your assessment that Ghandhi's lasting legacy is that he "freed India politically and economically..." Politically, Gandhi's legacy was incomplete. His leadership of the INC left in place a feudal party that has arguably left India behind. Can you imagine the INC ever choosing a Barack Obama as a candidate for Prime Minister? Economically, Gandhi proposed a de-industrialization of India so as to increase employment. Certainly such economic theories would have greatly harmed India had they been fully implemented. I'm afraid that you conflate India's success since independence with Gandhi's contribution to the country. I don't think that that line of argumentation is apt. Instead, I can only argue that Gandhi's idea helped catalyze a generation that then went ahead and moved India forward.
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