Why did Gandhi fight?

Had not M.G.Gandhi been thrown
Out of running train by a White
That day in South Africa
Because he was a black,
Could it have been possible
For Gandhi to nurture such
Deep animosity and acrimony
To drive the whites out of India?
Out of revenge, he got us freedom.
08.07.2003

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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