Relevance of Gandhi in Present Day Society

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Relevance of Gandhi in present day society In 1893, a 24 year old lawyer arrived at Durban to take part in a lawsuit in Transvaal. He booked a first class train ticket to Johannesburg but was ordered out of the train because of his colour. He spent a cold night in Non-European waiting room at the railway station. The name of this lawyer was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. And this was the experience of beginning of the making of his Mahatma. Had it happened to anyone of us we would have certainly forgotten it as a bitter experience but the rebel in the Gandhiji questioned him about this human injustice and provoked him to fight against it. A lawyer who could have spent a luxurious life sacrificed his whole life to the wider purpose of discovering truth and fighting against such injustices. It is well said that ‘an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.’ Eye for an eye is an attitude. In the present day world when we hear news of violence almost every day we strongly miss Gandhiji. His values still holds great significance for us. Now-a-days when criticizing Gandhiji has become a fashion we must atleast think once about his principles and its impact on our society if we followed them. Throughot his life he only stuck to two principles- non violence and Satyagraha. He said that the most important battle to fight was overcoming one’s own demons, fears and insecurities. In the freedom struggle also he used the principle of satyagraha which means adherene to truth yielded much positive results. So why can’t we? It is a universal or soul force which can be described as a silent force which arms the individuals with moral power than the physical power. He was the first person to apply it on a large scale. Gandhiji taught us self-reliance and bravery. Non-violence is not meant for the cowards but for those who profound mettle of the spirit. And that is why one man could

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