Question

Letter of exactly 1000 words to mahatma gandhi telling him that he inspired me alot in english

Answer 1

Examination Hall
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

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