he and his followers were arrested but it was a victory for the man who churchill contemptuously called the half naked for. coverage of the march captured the world's attention. gandhi had an innate sense of symbolism and mass communication. there seems like a contradiction paradoxical for a man who came across as an ascetic someone who renounced won't leave things in search of spiritual salvation. but he was a great politician and a great communicator. said. gandhi's weapons with civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance the british