Light in the Darkness..... (Gandhi)

I recall in one speech his Greatness Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the father of India had indeed pointed that within darkness will there be light, in untruths can we find truth.....and so on....his path of Satyagraha.
It conjures up an image of utter despair, a lacklustre existence in which we find a few little glimmers of hope which bring us through.

I touch on this topic today as it had been mulling over in my mind ever since I had seen the Gandhi series that the BBC had aired very recently. Our father of the nation himself had been in a despondent state once his beloved Hindustan had acheived her independence; it had happened neither in the way he had wished for nor was the actual result as favourable.
It was an insult to see rising to power, figures who later on would only go on to push India onto the road to ruin and have corrupt politicians like vermin, infect the ranks.

Admittedly, the plan Gandhi had for India for self-sufficiency was a powerful one, the simple style of life and dress that he adopted, his teachings and ideals had even brought people at the heart of the empire to its knees.
Yet was Gandhi looking at the long term picture - could he see the India he visioned, the India that he felt was not ready for independence, the India he saw torn apart by religious rivalry, could he see this India transforming into what she is today??
Could Gandhian philosophy have factored this in?

It came to my notice how divided our indians were back then, like they are now. Couldn't it be possible to stage a march, a fast or some protest at this ridiculous division???
Gandhi fasted for the untouchables and tried to ask for them to be integrated, but rather than taking his help and combining it with Dr. Ambedkar's or explaining they didn't want the special name of Harijan which would faciliate working together, instead they just rejected him.

Gandhi undertook a fast for the Muslims to stop fighting in Calcutta and Delhi. He read the Qu'ran at his daily prayer meetings. Muslims I feel could have worked with him rather than write him off, and have possibly prevented the partition.
These humanitarian acts, this fight for equality only became apparent upon his assassination - that too by a Hindu fanatic.

Only then the world fell silent for the man who was misunderstood and who had selflessly given his life to the fight for freeing his motherland.