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The Light and the Dark: “Nine Hours to Rama”

0. Introduction There has been a constant fight between the good and the evil, the positive energy and the negative energy since the time immemorial. The figure of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is one of the important characters in this fight from our recent past. Mohandas Gandhi, often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi, is known as one of the most important figure of Indian freedom movement, often referred to as Hind Swaraj by Gandhi himself. Gandhi was a worshiper of the Truth and Non-violence, and all his actions were governed by these two foundations of his life. As it is well-known, he was killed by a Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse, who was also claimed to be a religious man and said that he killed Gandhi because Gandhi was a threat to Hindu religion and culture as against Muslim rights and advantages. 1             There are many films available on the life of Gandhi, his ideology, freedom movement of India and Gandhi’s role, e...