Mohandas Gandhi was a believer in Hinduism, but he had much broader and accepting view on life than the other believers. Hinduism does call for tolerance and acceptance of other religions, but as we saw in the movie, that wasn't always the case for the followers. Gandhi had a very strong opinion, or idea, about Hinduism wars. Being a very strong proponent of the non-violence act, He was totally against having wars. Despite the harsh, sometimes violent and provocative actions of the British, he still did not fight back (physically) and just kept fighting for what he believed in, which was peace and equality for the most part. One example from the movie is when the Indians met together in a meeting place to discuss Gandhi's idea of non-violence, no matter how they were treated. The British army raided this meeting, ruthlessly killing everyone there, including women and children. Even as the British were shooting them to their death, the Indians did not fight back. The second example is the Salt protest. Many Indian gathered and marched forward against the British soldiers, getting beaten each time the stepped forward. Even as the soldiers were beating them in an inhumane fashion, they still didn't physically fight back.
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." This quote exemplifies a way that Gandhi lived out his faith in a major way. An "eye for and eye" simply represents how people take revenge on others for doing the same to them. Many people were doing this in India. For example, a Hindi man had killed a Muslim child during the fighting between the Muslims and Hindus because his child had gotten killed. Gandhi, however, strongly opposed the idea of revenge. Even when the British were ruthlessly killing and mistreating the Indians, he never took revenge. Instead, he would push the idea of non-violence even more to the Indians.
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