Question

Prepare a speech to be delivered on 'Gandhi Jayanti' in support of the proverb " Cleanliness is

next to godliness " ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Good morning to everyone present here. On Gandhi Jayanti I would love to give a speech on cleanliness stated by Gandhi himself. Gandhi made sincere attempts to educate the masses on the importance of health and hygiene through his weekly columns and conversations with the people he worked with. He firmly held that “it is established beyond doubt that ignorance and neglect of the laws of health and hygiene are responsible for the majority of diseases to which mankind is heir. The very high death rate among us is no doubt due largely to our gnawing poverty, but it could be mitigated if the people were properly educated about their health and hygiene". For Gandhi ‘Cleanliness was next to godliness’. “We can no more gain God’s blessings, said Gandhi “with an unclean body than with an unclean mind. A clean body cannot reside in an unclean city". A healthy mind in a healthy body is a self-evident truth. There is an inevitable connection between mind and body. If we were in possession of healthy minds, we would shed all violence and, naturally obeying the laws of health, we would have healthy bodies without an effort. The fundamental laws of health and hygiene are simple and easily learnt. The difficulty is about their observance. Here are some.

Think the purest thoughts and banish all idle and impure thought.

Breathe the freshest air day and night.

Establish a balance between bodily labour and mental work."

Above all for Gandhi, “only when there is both inner and outer cleanliness, it becomes next to godliness,