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Question 1

This forum has three sections, and the questions are based on A Passage To India and the assigned “selections from Gandhi” ( you can googlethis week. Please respond all three sections; failure to respond to any one section will result in a lower grade for the discussion.

Read “Selections from “Mahatma Gandhi.” it can be googled

1. Compare Forster’s depiction of the English with his depiction of Aziz’s Indian community. How would Gandhi view the differences in Forster’s portrayals? Would Gandhi see any biases? Did you see any biases?
2. After viewing the film version of Forster’s work, do you think that Forster would have agreed with Gandhi’s call for nonviolent resistance and Indian independence? Why?
3. What is Forster’s primary critique of the British in India? Does Gandhi share a similar critique in his writings?

Please divide your response into paragraphs for easier reading. Please note your post should equally answer both sections.

Question 2

You have been appointed by the NPC in the office of the president to do the research regarding South Africas comparative position in global terms. Over the last 20 years SA has achieved many of its developmental goals, but has struggled with many problems such as identified in the NDP. The three main problems as identified are unemployment, poverty and inequality. You are required to compile a report with policy recommendations to the president showing SA’s changing comparative global position since 1997 to 2017. You must build a clear case from global development index indicators using global data bases by using at least 15 index indicators of development economics. Also you need to analyse results from data and link such to at least 3 economic development theories.