Gandhi ji said" freedom from fear is more important than legal justice for the poor " how does it become clear form the lessons 'indigo' that freedom from fear is an essential condition for justice?
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Explanation:
In the story, Gandhi makes it possible for the sharecroppers of Champaran to shed their fear of the British landlords. According to Gandhi, freedom from fear is the first step towards self-reliance. However, it is unfortunate that the poor of the country are not free from fear, even decades after the independence. Their actions, work, etc. are still under pressure, they are under the mercy of the bureaucratic system. Furthermore, the poor live in a continual fear of the police, who instead of taking care, often end up maltreating them. The already poor farmers are becoming poorer, because of globalisation and the craze for the foreign products. This leaves them in the fear of further destitution.
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In Champaran, for years farmers had been a part of an exploitative indigo sharecropping arrangement. On hearing about German synthetic indigo, the English landlords tricked the peasants into paying compensation in return for setting them free from the older exploitative sharecropping arrangement. Soon, the farmers realized that landlords had robbed them as there was no market left for selling indigo.
When Gandhiji came to Champaran, several lawyers from the surrounding area came to meet him and told Gandhiji about the cases they were fighting on behalf of peasants. Gandhiji after talking to the lawyers concluded that the peasants needed to free themselves from the fear of British authorities.
A few days later, on hearing that Gandhiji was in trouble with authorities for helping them, the peasants from Champaran gathered in large numbers in Motihari to support him. Gandhiji's sincerity towards their cause gave the farmers the strength to stand up to British authorities. After this incident, the farmers helped Gandhiji in collecting testimonies against the landlords and succeeded at exposing the forceful extortion of money by landlords. Hence, on becoming free of their fear of British authorities the peasants got justice and knew about their rights.