Orion, thanks for the reference. it was interesting. gandhi and churchill were on a different league altogether so a comparison won't be fair enough, i guess. it's quite evident that churchill wanted england to dominate over India and other colonies, so independence of india would not be a fair deal for him. gandhi fought a rather spiritual war with british and he was all out for independence and equality. in a way, both stood for thier own coutries, so both were patriotic. what was interesting though was the rhetoric that Churchill presented about the repurcussion of indpendence for a country like india which is religiously, lingually, culturally and socially variant. he knew that it would be difficult for india to bind all of them together. as known, pakistan separated within a couple of years of indpendence. interesting thing, currently, nepal is somewhat in a similar position as india was during the independence. if british ruled over india, monarchy ruled nepal. since cultural, social and lingual diversity are also commonplace in nepal, it would be interesting to see if nepal goes through the same situation as india and pakistan had to go through during partition. with madishe, janajati and other castes and creeds voicing their opinion for equitable society, who knows nepal may have to undergo partiion in the future. just a thought. i hope i am completely wrong. Loote