Why was Barack Obama’s fascination for India? Self disclosed

Former US President Barack Obama said that the main reason for his attraction towards India was Mahatma Gandhi, whose “successful non-violent movement against British rule became a light of hope for other despised, marginalized groups”. However, Obama, the 44th President of the United States in his new book, A Promised Land, regretted that Indian great Gandhi was unable to successfully focus on the caste system or prevent the division of the country on the basis of religion.

In the book, Obama describes the journey from the election campaign in 2008 to the end of his first term. The second part of this book will also come. Obama, who came to India twice as US President, said, “The biggest reason for my attraction to India is Mahatma Gandhi.” Along with (Abraham) Lincoln, (Martin Luther) King and (Nelson) Mandela, Gandhi greatly influenced my thinking. ”

Obama said, “As a youth, I read his writings and found that he was giving voice to my instincts.” He said, his concept of ‘Satyagraha’ or devotion to truth and conscience To awaken the power of non-violent resistance, emphasize their humanity and solidarity of all religions and through their political, economic and social system, their faith in commitment to every society so that people are treated equally. All these ideas Reflected in me. Gandhi’s actions impressed me more than his words. He tested his ideas by risking his life, going to jail and putting his life in people’s struggle. ”

Obama wrote in the book, Gandhi started a non-violent movement against British rule in 1915, which lasted more than 30 years, which not only helped to overcome an empire and liberate most parts of the subcontinent, but also the whole There was also a wave of morality in the world. The former president said, “This gave hope to other despised, marginalized groups, including black Americans.”