The Legacy of Gandhi
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Scene 1 :- Colonization of India
Set:- Ship in Minatomirai
Gandhi (Abhishek) – India, the land of diversity used to be one of the leading countries in the world economies.The spice trade between India and the European states was one of the main divers of the world economy. The Dutch, English, French and Danish established trading posts in India in the early 17th century.
Narrator (Selina) – In the later 18th century the British and French entered into intense struggles for dominance through Indian rulers. The defeat of the Indian ruler Tipu Sultan in 1799 marginalized French influence. This was followed by a rapid expansion of British power through the greater part of the subcontinent in the early 19th century. British India contained the most popular and valuable provinces of the British Empire and thus became known as “the jewel in the British crown”.
Scene 2:-Childhood of Gandhi
Set:- YIS
Karamchand (Abhishek) – I am Karamchand Gandhi. Our son Mohandas was born on the 2nd of October 1869 while we lived in Porbandar,Gujarat.
Putlibai (Tomoka) – My husband and I, Putlibai are very proud parents.Mohandas was a very intelligent and bright child.Since his very youth he was very interested into our religious books like the Gita and Vedas which made him into a very sentiment being follwing vegetarianism and mutual tolerence among individuals of different races.
Karamchand – Ah I remember his marriage! In 1883,while he was 13 he married Kasturbabai. And we have 4 grandchildren .
Scene 3:-Gandhi’s Educ ation
Set :-YIS
Narrator (Selina) – Gandhi travelled to England in 1888 to study law in University College of London. After practicing to be a barrister, he got his first case in 1891 and moved to India after 2 days following the death of his parents.Soon after failing to establish a company in India, he went to South Africa to fight against apartheid.
Scene 4:- Racism Faced By Gandhi In South Africa
Set :- Train and Hotel
Narrator (Selina) – In South Africa, Gandhi faced the discrimination directed at Indians. He suffered other hardships on the journey, including being thrown out from several hotels. And some other cases of discrimination.
Scene 5 :- Jallianwallah Bagh Massacare
Set:- Video clip
Scene 6:- Purna Swaraj (complete Independence)
Set :- Abhishek talking
Gandhi (Abhishek): I criticised both the actions of the British Raj and the violence of Indians. I authored the resolution offering condolences to British civilian victims and condemning the riots which, after initial opposition in the party, was accepted following my emotional speech advocating his principle that all violence was evil and could not be justified.
Narrator (Selina): Gandhi expanded his non-violence platform to include the swadeshi policy— the boycott of foreign-made goods. Linked to this was his encouraged that khadi should be worn by all Indians instead of British-made textiles.Gandhi even invented a small, portable spinning wheel.
Scene 7:- Salt March
Set :- Motomoatchi
Gandhi (Abhishek) – In all probability this will be my last speech to you. Even if the Government allow me to march tomorrow morning, this will be my last speech on the sacred banks of the Sabarmati. Possibly these may be the last words of my life here. I have already told you yesterday what I had to say. Today I shall confine myself to what you should do after my companions and I are arrested. The programme of the march to Jalalpur must be fulfilled as originally settled. The enlistment of the volunteers for this purpose should be confined to Gujarat only. From what I have been and heard during the last fortnight, I am inclined to believe that the stream of civil resisters will flow unbroken
Scene 8:- Assassination
Set:- Motomatchi
Scene 9:- Bloopers
A:- Leaders make history because it is always an individual who steps up and leads his people to rebellion. If another person would have stepped up instead of Gandhi history would have been different from what it is now. Gandhi had his own ways to protest for freedom such as, fasting for 21 days. Not everyone would sacrifice their lives to protect their country like he did. From these things that Gandhi did, he came up with many ideas to protest which were very successful. Those ideas wouldn’t have been made if Gandhi wasn’t there through that history. So, I strongly believe that leaders made history.
