The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse has jumped out from the confines of Martyrs' Day celebrations and into the political limelight. Just days after Godse's act, a man no less than BR Ambedkar said there was 'good' that could come out of Gandhi's death. Gandhi's assassination has pretty much ruled political attention in India after actor-politician Kamal Haasan said, "Independent India's first terrorist was a Hindu." But Godse has not been the only paradigm from which Gandhi's assassination has been viewed positively. "As the Bible says that sometimes good cometh out of evil, so also I think good will come out of the death of Mr Gandhi.

Source: dna May 17, 2019 14:48 UTC