12 Mar 2003 Sandip Patel, US
When speaking of our culture, let us remember that the US has no culture of its own. All the "culture" this country has comes from the countries abroad whose citizens have come here. Let us be proud of the culture we have brought here. Furthermore, to those who don't have the capacity to understand it, let them continue their persuit of greatness- remember there is not greatness in being ignorant. I think that Maxim magazine has just advertised its ignorance to the country and to the world. I know not of one person who would stand up and say that he/she is ignorant and be proud of that fact. I do believe that people should exercise some responsibility when it comes to the "freedom of speech" that we all boast about to other nations. For any civilized person to speak his mind without thought or consideration of how his ideas affect his peers is not only ignorant, its outright disrespectful. I'm sure Maxim will publish their next issue with their sugarcoated apologies, and it will mean nothing. A racist will always be known as a racist, a child molester is known as a child molester. No apology will make up for this. Don't let ur anger regarding this get the best of you, voice it, but let it go. Forgiveness is one thing, forgetting is another.

11 Mar 2003 S.Gopalakrishna , India
Congratulations!! For the great campaign. Why don't we protest when malicious homespun fanatic Indians (VHP leader Togadia) glorifies killing of Gandhi. What is your thoughts on running similar kind of campaigns to eradicate the corruption, the poverty and bring the population under control and provide 100 % literacy and the employment in India?

11 Feb 2003 NDS Kaushal, USA,
Just the apology is not enough. Magzine must be sued in US.

11 Feb 2003 Sudhir R Parekh, USA,
Great job IndiaCause! Thanks for all the work you do.

11 Feb 2003 Srinivasa Rao,Varrey, USA
The statement issued by Mixim is not satisfying. Because in the statement they used "WE APOLOGIZE IF" i.e they are apologizing conditionally and not fully. It is the clever way of putting the words. Don't get satisfied for something.

09 Feb 2003 pradeep parepalli, INDIA,
IT IS SHAME ON THE PART OF THE CARTOONIST TO DRAW THIS KIND OF CARTOONS. THESE THINK TANKS SHOULD GO INTO THEIR MIND BEFORE DRAWING THESE KIND OF SKETCHES. IT IS SAD TO SEE, PLEASE REFRAIN THESE KIND OF CARTOONS WHICH INFLICTS THE INDIANS WHY BECAUSE HE (MR. GANDHI) IS CONSIDERED AS OUR " FATHER OF NATION ". MAY GOD FOR GIVE THE CARTOONIST

07 Feb 2003 Raghava T., India,
Its very sad to see this act of Maxim. I wish this apology will make some positive effect on others. thanks.....

05 Feb 2003 Vinod Negi, USA,
Lots of people may disagree with Mahatma Gandhi but no one has the right to show him in a voilent article like Maxim did.

05 Feb 2003 Chid Kollengode, USA,
One of the good aspects of democracy is the right for free speech. But that right must come with lots of responsibility, tolerance and good judgement. It is distressing what Maxim did. Whatever the motivation - be it selling more or bashing someone or bashing a community - the very act of publishing something like this is appalling. Similarly tolerance is important, but not at the cost of self-respect. It is great that the magazine is "considering" the wording for the apology, but I think this is not enough. As one of the readers suggested, it is important to work hard to force them to write something good about Gandhiji. That serves the larger purpose of conveying the right things that a great man stood for.

05 Feb 2003 Mahesh Mahajan,
Yes, Great insult has been commited. Apology is to fool us. Great damage has been done by this irresponsible magazine. A similar cartoon depicting the editors mother or daughter in Bikinis getting beat up by a beach muscle man in the next issue is a better apology

05 Feb 2003 Veena, USA,
This is a gross insult of India, Indian culture and Indians. The editor/Maxim must be sued for this insult.

04 Feb 2003  Rita Frenchman gavankar, USA,
Apologising is not enough. The fitness booklet should go off the market pronto. This is what we should aim for

04 Feb 2003 Vincent Bingham, United States,
This is another case of whites promoting their ignorance in this country just to get a laugh. They think it's funny, because they have no culture to call their own. Don't let these people fool you, they do understood the role Ghandi played in India's struggle, and yet, they choose to make fun of it. As a black american, the closest I can relate to Ghandi is through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I know the influence Ghandi had on Dr. King, and those are subjects you just don't touch. It's no different than how blacks and asians are exploited as evil, or stupid characters in cartoon strips. Abercrombie and Fitch did the same thing with their line of shirts with Asians on the front. These people like that, and don't think anything is wrong with it. You would think these articles have to be approved by someone that knows how far to go when you are offending someone, but in this case, a laugh was more important. More than likely, Keith Blanchard didn't even write that apology, his secretary did. In Blanchard's apology, he tries to disclaim it by saying that Ghandi was the least likely person to get in a fight. That is B.S, and he knows it. No, he wouldn't get in a fight like that, but is he the only one? A picture of that big guy, and a smaller guy would still be a valid description of what they were trying to accomplish in that article. It was Ghandi for a reason, and everyone that had something to do with that article knows that. Just to proove that, they couldn't even find anyone in the the United States to use as a victim. There are lots of figures over here in the U.S that we couldn't picture getting into a fight.

04 Feb 2003 Manu Bhardwaj, U.S.A.,
This is B.S. why can't they use Martin Luther King are they afaird of black American's,or how about Mother Theresa! You will never find that in any publication in the U.S.

04 Feb 2003 ALEYA HUSSAIN JUNG, USA,
I wish someone, some organization, sues the hell out of maxim, ignorance is no excuse and these people at maxim are obviously ignorant with what the the MAHATMA means for indians and his contribution to this world. I also wish popular magzines and newspapers expose maxims imperialastic and rascist views, right now it looks like only Indian periodicals are writing anything about this.

04 Feb 2003 Alexander C. Rainey, U.S.A.,
Yes, the animation does look pretty insensitive. My comment would be that many people in this country, probably mainly those who live , eat and sleep on their computers, and who have never travelled, tend to live in a fantasy world, are thus probably not aware of human things like senstivity and human warmth, and so they wouldn't notice if something hurt people's feelings or not. They spend half their time brutalizing the fantasy figures on their screen anyway. So they probably can't see the difference. Sorry. I don't know about your magazine. And it doesn't look as though I'm likely to be interested either, judging from this news.

04 Feb 2003 Dilip Ghosh, New Zealand,
Just an apology is not enough for such type of humilation. People in Maxim should respect our heritage, culture, customs and power.

03 Feb 2003 Madhusudhana Reddy Atchi,
The apology is insufficient. The images were shocking. Showing Mahathma in a such poor light suggests how well this magazine respects sentiments of people. Let me express my severe displeasure and anger.

03 Feb 2003 Nithya Chandra, USA,
I commend you and thank you with all of my heart for acting as a voice for people of Indian descent throughout the world and getting an apology from Maxim Magazine.

03 Feb 2003 Ashwin Desai, USA,
MAXIM's apology would be more convincing if accompanied by a substantial financial contribution to NGOs based at Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad, India. They have resources to make amends if their apology is sincere.

03 Feb 2003 Chuck Kleymeyer, USA,
This is offensive and appalling. And the apology was weak. While I recognize Maxim's freedom to express themselves, I also declare my right to protest and to boycott their publication.

03 Feb 2003 ravichandran, India,
The most atrocisous and demeaning pictures. I take a dim view of the article.Should definitely apologise and refrain from publishing cartoons of persons of high stature and regarded as great in any country and not only India.

03 Feb 2003 malini deepak, usa,
Thank you for making the offensive Maxim material an issue. Congratulations! And thanks a lot for ensuring that the US media focused on Kalpana Chawla's successful life rather than a misconception of what had occured on an earlier flight.

Feb 2003 narendra pratap, india,
do something crazy to their leader

02 Feb 2003 Sreeram, United States,
Not enough....... they don't seem to repent. It would be good for all to teach them a lesson by bringing them to the court of law.

02 Feb 2003 Sejal Shah, USA,
I appreciate the initiative, you have taken. We should protest more aggressively next time.

02 Feb 2003 jyoti singh,india,
I think that this is a great insult to the greatest man and one of the biggest countries. This thing should not be entertained & I as an Indian demand an unconditional apology for this nonsense and such indecent articles mustn't be put up again & that this site should be banned.

I was very much hurt after reading this article and it can be the work of only an insane organisation having no sense of responsibility and righteousness. I appeal to all human beings reading the article to consider and introspect the role played by the Mahatma who continues to inspire till date. It is for the notice of the nonsense writer and their accomplices. We feel sorry for you all who have never ever learnt the art of tolerance and meaning of dedication as your ancestors , your parents have never taught you so. Infact you people can shoot your mother, father Dont worry , your children will do the same. That is why you have maximum number of oldage homes , divorce rates. Thanks to our father of nation , we believe in love ,truth, tolerance & non-violence. If you have guts come to India and speak a word against our Father Rest would be history. YOU DARE NOT INSULT OUR COUNTRY LIKE THIS.

02 Feb 2003    Yogita Jethwani, USA
I didn't think the apology was good enough. I think they need to do a lot more to prove they meant the apology. Maybe publish an article about all the good things Mahatma Gandhi has done for the entire world not just Souh Asians, for example being a role model to even Martin Luther King, Jr.

02 Feb 2003    RAJESH TRIPATHI, INDIA
OUTRAGEOUS & OUTRIGHT OFFENDING MATERIAL.The ppublishers should be sued for hurting the National sentiments. Even more annoying when the country is celebrating his death Annniversary.

02 Feb 2003    Sachin Jain, India
Thats a way to go.. we have to show the world that we cannot take all this bull shit sitting lightly.. even Ghandiji taught us not to lie down to these kinds of insult.. this is infact a sin in itself..

01 Feb 2003    Sandeep Khurana, United States
Great job. We should not let anyone take us for granted. We have to keep a good watch on groups like MAXIM in near future also.

01 Feb 2003    Arpit M, India
One need to have a high level of undersranding to understand Ghandismn.I feel pity on maxim rather than angry.This is a time fo r maxim to publish written apology.I request maxim to have apology published as soon as possible

01 Feb 2003    Milind Patil, USA
Apology is not sufficient; you will have to publish all of Gandhi's great and rich quotes about peace, love and humanity. This will show us if you really have any respect for the great person. You have insulted a great person who has librated an entire sub-continent without ANY act of violence, just peaceful means.

01 Feb 2003    asmita shiyani, uk
well done to IndiaCause for not giving up and standing up for beliefs

01 Feb 2003    akhil sharma, INDIA
It is deeply hurting that the leaders whom the whole world see as a messenger of peace, harmony & tolerance is being shown as a subject matter of jokes.for purely commercial purposes such a disdain shown by any such entity is completely unacceptable.i request the US courts to take a stern action against the magazine & expect the US congress to enact a law banning such publications. anyway would the US govt. allow such depiction of sir George Washington

01 Feb 2003    GM Dhavan, Norway
Maxim apology came only because the Magazine was cornered this time. They had published anti-Ganhdi hate articles before also and got away with that. The Maxim represents the reprehensible establishment in the US who are against any paficist movements..... US is not scared of terrorists or al queda or dictators but are scared of any Gandhian Movements against which their might has no value!

01 Feb 2003    Maya, India
U OWE INDIANS AN APOLOGY !

01 Feb 2003    ravinder singh negi, india
i appriciate ur affart my best wishes to u

01 Feb 2003    V Gupta, US
This is most insulting, not just for Gandhiji, or for Indians, but for the entire humanity. It is sorry depcition of how far some people will take their right to free speech. I wonder if the authors and editors would still think of this as edgy humour if their own deceased parents were depicted in this fashion. Or maybe they won't even blink, given the character of this society.

01 Feb 2003    Deepak, USA
You should not have done this

01 Feb 2003    Kaumudi Parikh, U.S.A.
Congratulations for succesful campaign.

01 Feb 2003    ASHA KIRAN JAIN, INDIA
This is idiotic, and nonscense. Your irony or humour should not degrade the image of a great person, father of nation, of a great nation (INDIA Republic). You should apologise to all Indians in and out of the country. You should take care that such foolishnes should not be repeated.

01 Feb 2003    Aseem Swarup Johri, Canada
your campaign to save the prestige of Mahatma Gandhi, made me join your group. well done!!!

01 Feb 2003    Santhosh Thadathil, USA,
this is too much !! generally indians are keeping patience, they thought the can do any dirty dramatic things. but things we cannot tolerate. give appropriate punishment to those slanderer at any cost.

01 Feb 2003    Ratheesh, India
Its happy to hear that Maxim made apology for there doings..... But make sure that any media should not make such comments on our National Leaders....

01 Feb 2003    Praveen Prakash, India
Its happy to hear that Maxim made apology for there doings.....But they are doing this for increasing there circulation....How dare can they tease our Father Of Nation ? For that they need to attain more culture than us....