To Every Englishman in India (open letter from M.K. Gandhi)

By King Meera -
tone is of sly civility - civil but if you read between the lines, THREAT!!!
  • cooperation in spite of circumstances because he thought it was for the greater good of India
  • risked life during Boer war
  • treachery of Mr Lloyd George and the fact that it was appreciated by the British
  • exploitation of resources - basically saying "we know what you're up to"
  • Punjab atrocities condoned
  • sick burn: "But though my faith in your good intentions is gone,I recognise your bravery, and I know what you will not yield to justice and reason,you will gladly yield to bravery."-Englishmen do not respond well to reasoning-brawn over brains,which they lack.
  • disregard of India's poverty
  • disarmament and emasculation 
  • degrading treatment meted out to Indians
  • "ensured our incapacity to fight in open and honorable battle"
  • however, bravery of the soul still an option - strong spirit
  • cooperation would only lead to greater enslavement  
  • the masses not responding to Gandhi's personality - voice of a nation groaning under your iron heels - common cause 
  • "remedy to suppress...national feeling"--> remove causes (repent ,compel,grant swaraj)
  • Repression will fail.
  • "I invite you respectfully to choose the better way and make common cause with the people of India whose salt you're eating. To seek to thwart their aspirations is disloyalty to the country."

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