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Are Gandhi ji and his teachings relevant in today’s world?
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Are Gandhi ji and his teachings relevant in today’s world?
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Father of the nation, well-known not just in India but in the whole world for his non-violent fight for India's freedom is put to question on the relevance of his teachings in today's world. Things sure have undergone tremendous changes since independence but his teachings are still taught in schools to incur good morality amid the future of the nation. Gandhism is a way of living with simplicity and non-violence. Are the teachings of Gandhi ji confined only to text books and his birthday a mere holiday?
Yes, they are relevant:
1. Ahimsa: Ahimsa or non-violence is still and will remain the most relevant way of handling situations. India, being a powerful Asian country could have shown non-violence towards neighbouring countries at times of disputes. The crisis between India and Pakistan could have been solved long back if India had been non-violent towards their terror attacks. Fires from both side only led to "an eye for eye making us blind" towards humanity. Even in handling internal affairs like those in Kashmir, Punjab, central India or in the North Eastern states of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland or Mizoram, it would have been an entirely different situation if non-violence would have been adopted. Communal riots and atrocities on areas dominated by a particular community could stop by being non-violent.
2. Swabalambi: Self sufficiency with home spun khadi or goods that India can manufacture in its own is a very relevant teaching of Gandhiji. The new slogan for the same is what our Prime Minister Narendra Modi named as "make in India" and indeed the initiative is going to be fruitful for India in days to come only if it is truly implemented throughout the country. What Modi emphasised now was long back taught by Gandhiji proving the relevance of his teachings in today's world.
3. Sarvodaya: Universal upliftment for all without discrimination is the need of time in an economy where majority of the people are either unemployed or uneducated. For the development of the country, it is quite essential that the government makes efforts to raise the living condition of people of the slums instead of merely focusing on the industrialists.
4. Peaceful protests: Gandhi ji led the movement against British rule but always kept the protests peaceful with means such as strike and fasting. India has been witnessing protests most of the times but they are not at all peaceful. Our strikes include troubling others and our protests are usually violent. His efforts had brought us good result while our protests are usually forgotten or condemned for their violent nature. It is essential that we bring back Gandhism in our present living instead of keeping them closed in text books.
5. Barack Obama sees Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration and has a portrait of the apostle of peace in his office. He stated, “In my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration, because he embodies the kind of transformational change that can be made when ordinary people come together to do extraordinary things.” Do we need better reason to show the relevance of Gandhi and his teachings in present day scenario?
6. Great leaders around the world takes inspiration from the teachings and life of Gandhi ji while we the natives of the land where he was born are ignoring his teachings as something not relevant in present times. His teachings are of honesty, integrity and kindness which can never go old or irrelevant.
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