Tragedy at Amritsar: Rebellion Heats Up II

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Contents

00:00—04:00
04:01—10:00
10:01—17:47
17:48—22:20
22:21—24:46
24:47—26:17
26:18—28:36
28:37—30:36
30:37—43:53
43:54—48:00
48:01—57:34
57:35—1:00:38
1:00:39—1:06:04
1:06:05—end
 Announcements
1919: Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre, structural violence, bringing violence to the surface
Gandhi’s Himalayan miscalculation, is nonviolence negligence if it results in deaths?
1943 Bengal Famine, structural violence versus voluntary suffering
Q&A: choosing death over dehumanization, Socrates
1922: Chauri Chaura, satyagraha suspended (constructive programme continues)
Gandhi’s strategy for dealing with obstacles: give something up and/or change modes
March 8, 1922: Gandhi’s Sedition Trial, Gandhi goes to prison and reads 150 books
1924 Vykom Satyagraha, Gandhi confronts problems within Hinduism (untouchability)
Q&A: Gandhi and the caste system
1927 “Patna Surrender,” violence “pushes” while nonviolence creates a “pull”
1927 Simon Commission, constructive program “drop back to get to a stronger position”
1928 Bardoli Satyagraha
1930 Salt Satyagraha: Salt March and Darasana Salt Raids

Readings

Section IIb of the course reader:

Selections from In Gandhiji’s Mirror by Pyarelal and Sushila Nayar:

  • “At the Feet of the Master”
  • “When Gandhi returned Empty-Handed”
  • “The Way of Satyagraha”
  • Time Line for the unfolding of Satyagraha in India (1915-1924)
  • Bipan Chandra, “Gandhi: Leader of the Masses”

Gandhi, Mohandas K. Vows and Observances, 29-48, 154-end.
Fischer, Louis. Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World. 10-26.