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REMEMBERING GANDHI ON HIS 152nd BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

Wishing everyone a secure and a non-violent future on this memorable day, happy Gandhi Jayanti to all of you.. Taking account the growing unrest among the people due to the pandemic situation, the various battles taking place, and various nations on the brink of war, there will not be a better time to remember what the Mahatma had imparted to the world almost a century ago.

                Most of us know about this personality very well.Good readers have surely read his autobiography, which goes by the name 'My Experiments with Truth'. Gandhiji used truth and non-violence as his weapons to conquer what he wanted to. It is a well known saying that,'If you are good at something today, someone else will be better than you tomorrow'. Same applies to weaponry, technology and the practice of truth and non-violence alike. The only difference is that there would be no harm to any living being on the planet, it we keep excelling in our use of these Gandhian Facilities. Every great leader of their field today, promote the ideals of Gandhiji. From Prime Ministers and Presidents to well known cultural connoisseurs, everyone believe that the ideals are what one needs to follow if one needs to excel in life with peace,calm and prosperity.

                But there this a catch, it is the "ideals" that are well renowned, ideals which are advised to be followed, not the person as a whole. Though I do not have enough knowledge on the personality as such, what I do have learnt with my understanding from my history textbook and some small books written on him is that, as a person he was just like other human beings. Though given the title of Mahatma, he too had his biases, his preferences, his likings and his way of living. After all he was a lawyer by profession, and from all the exposure and image I have of the field, it is not so Mahatma-ish. 

       Keeping it short, I think that we are not shown the complete picture. To follow someone blindly just because we have been told so, just does not feel right to me. As learned citizens of the digital age we have to know all the facts before forming our own view for taking a drastic decision. It is equally important to learn about the heroic deeds by the freedom fighters in the struggle for independence, but equally important to get in the shoes of someone like Godse ( if you are a critique ) and understand what he and his psychologically equivalent community thought during the time.

    Today is just one different day, from the endless days of pandemic lockdown, so try to do just one different deed and learn more about the great personality. After all, 

                        ' All knowledge is good knowledge if it is complete '  

Happy Gandhi Jayanti 2020 to everyone...


 

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