Mahatma Gandhi
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The ultimate
Peacekeeper
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi
The life and legacy of
Mahatma Gandhi
was well
documented by an Award
winning film some years ago.
To better know this humble man
whose life touched so many,
do read his autobiography or
watch the excellent film, Gandhi.
Gandhi was defined by
his purist beliefs.
This peace seeking man
who preferred life in a commune
with few worldly goods was
elevated to legendary status
when he began wearing a
homespun breech cloth.
A single act that helped
to inspire a revolution.
The British, who seemed at a
loss in controlling either Gandhi
or his followers,
misunderstood this complex situation.
Gandhi's simplicity
proved to be quite provocative to those who
foolishly believed that he
could be silenced if incarcerated.
The sum total of Gandhi's life is
impossible to capture in a few words.
He was larger than life, which
is paradoxical as he chose
to exist at the lowest level
humanly possible.
His steadfast determination to
achieve Democracy
through non violent, non
co-operative protests
are what made him immortal.
When these measures failed to
bring the results that he sought,
he would fast until the
violence that he abhorred, stopped.
Gandhi's style of Humanitarian
struggle for freedom
would be imitated by many who
followed him.
His "nonviolent, non
co-operative resistance," would
become the mantra for
generations of freedom seekers,
like Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Ceasar Chavez and Nelson Mandela.
The following is a simple
quote, but it nearly completely
encompassed Gandhi's philosophy
about removing
the British Empire from both
India and South Africa.
The General said - "You don't think we're just going to walk out
of India!"
Gandhi replied - "Yes. In the end, you will walk out. Because
100,000 Englishmen
simply cannot control 350 million Indians, if those Indians
refuse to cooperate."
The sad fact that Gandhi never
received the Nobel Peace Prize
is a "big regret" to quote the
Nobel Foundation.
It is hard to imagine another
whose life was more
devoted to Peace than Gandhi,
but then he probably
would not have cared for such a
material thing anyway.
He believed that all things in
life should be truly simple.
And finally, this is a really
lengthy, but very well done
documentation of Gandhi's life
by Wikipedia,
whom I often criticize for
their inaccuracies.
Mahatma Gandhi

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