a letter to bapu on which I inspired by you
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Red City
1 August 2018
Dear Bapu,
We are now living in the twenty-first century and we take pride in the advancement we have made by leaps and bounds. With communication and information technology, the world has changed altogether. The world has come to be known as 'global village.' Business and trade have leaped the boundaries of nations and the country is on the path to prosperity. The opportunities in education have also widened and now more and more people opting to study in the universities abroad. These are positive things that give us a feeling that there are certainly positive things to look up to in life and your fruitful efforts to make India free without bloodshed has not been wasted. I really get immense strength when I see that how you could stand on your point without deterring and ultimately achieved what you sought. In life also, if we can follow the same attitude and determination, no task is too difficult to accomplish.
Similarly, Bapu what you stood for in South Africa was a great vision to eliminate racial discrimination. Truly, people who can feel for others and work for them to bring happiness in their life are rare, and from you, I have learned how to maintain your thoughts and identity and not to get lost in the futile race of this world. Today, during this time of selies and groufies, when everyone is turning too self-centric, your example motivates me to stand for a good cause and become the voice of the speechless and downtrodden.
Bapu, most of all your simplicity set me thinking that you could choose to have a flourishing career as a barrister, but you chose to live a simple life exercising great self-control. I wish I could get even a small percentage of that. With a high degree of western influence, our youth are turning to the luxurious lifestyle and leaving behind the great values that our forefathers and the leaders tried to inculcate among the youth. I wish our generation doesn't ape the west and focusses more on self-realization.
Bapu, all your life you promoted non-violence and ultimately you non-violence brought us freedom. But in the present scenario, killing and bloodshed have become a common problem. Except for a man's life, everything else has a value. The youth going astray and adopting terrorism is a cause of concern for everyone. Just because of some misguided conniving people the innocent people are turning to violence. And there are no living examples for them to emulate or may be if there are, they are dormant and insignificant.
I draw a great learning from the incident when a mother came to you asking for help as her son ate too much jaggery. You waited for fifteen days to tell the boy to leave that habit, for, you yourself wanted to stop eating jaggery before telling the boy to do so. Where do we get this integrity of thought, speech, and action? I try to maintain this integrity in my day-to-day dealing with the people around.
I wish we have more people around us today who can embody the qualities you had and inspire children to make this world a better place.
Love
Yours affectionately
XYZ
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Vikaspur, Delhi, 110018
Dated 24th November, 2019
Dear Bapu,
This letter is written with much love and affection from the depth of my heart. Bapu, I am writing this letter to you to express my gratitude to you for inspiring me and to express my appreciation to you for everything you have done for our country. You are indeed a the great soul and rightfully the Father of the Nation. Your philosophy of truth and non-violence that paved the way for the freedom from the British rule.
Your birth anniversary, Gandhi Jayanti, is celebrated on October 2 as a national event across India. This day is observed across the entire world as the International Day of Non-violence.
Dear Bapu, your Salt March from the month of March to April 1930 in India, was an act of civil disobedience to protest the British rule in India. It was one of the first major demonstrations of nonviolent resistance to the British colonial rule led by you. Your Non-cooperation Movement against the British proved to be a powerful weapon. By this the Indian independence movement gained more followers. The zeal for independence increased in momentum.
Your non-violence and satyagraha policy lead India to achieve Independence without shedding a drop of blood. India achieved freedom in August, 1947. Your philosophy of non-voilence is admired across the world. It has been adopted by many civil and political groups to stage protest against injustice and powerful corrupt leaders.
You believed that all human beings are God’s special people and must be treated equally irrespective of their caste, color, language, creed, region, and religion.
Dear Babu, you are immortal. You will always live in our hearts. Your memory will always be cherished. You will always be remembered for your selfless love for the country and her citizens, your humility, your truth and non-violence, and for your tireless efforts to remove discrimination from every corner of our Motherland. Generations after generations will come. They will all wonder that someone like you once walked on this Earth to overcome wars with non-violence.
Dear Bapu, today India is a sovereign nation. She is one of the greatest countries in the world. We are a free people living in a free country of equality, liberty and dignity. We are no longer ashamed to be Indians and we declare to the entire world that we are proud to Indians. We owe you for what we have become today as a nation and as a people.
Your life, your sacrifice and your noble principles have inspired me and also changed my way of thinking. I will always try to follow your footsteps.
Yours lovingly,
ABHISHEK
Delhi