Ghandhi Jayanti
''An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.''
- Mahatma Ghandhi
Gandhi Jayanti celebrates the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
popularly known as the Father of the Nation. Born on the 2nd of October
1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. He is known for his invaluable
contribution in India's freedom struggle. His principles of truth,
non-violence and honesty are still remembered today. Mahatma Gandhi was
an intensely active personality. He was interested in everything that
concerns the individual or society. He is best known as the matchless
political leader who evolved the new technique of "satyagraha".
His fight against untouchability and the notions of superiority and
inferiority by birth are also fairly well known. For India, his greatest
service was, perhaps, the emancipation of Indian women. While his stay
in South Africa in the earlier part of his life, he protested against
the colonial and racial discrimination and the Asiatic (Black) Act and
the Transvaal Immigration Act with the aid of a brilliant strategic move
of starting a non-violent civil disobedience movement. He returned to
India in 1915.
He was the person behind the Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad and the Sabarmati Ashram, which became a platform for introducing long-needed social reforms such as 'Harijan' welfare, small-scale industries and self-reliance and rehabilitation of lepers. His fight to give equal rights to each and every person of the society irrespective of which strata they belong made him immortal among us. He tried to attained moksha by service to mankind. Gandhiji portrays a multi-faceted moral and spiritual messiah. His tireless endeavor to make people understand the basic happiness of life is to be happy with whatever you have, thus showing the only way to save the world. It is his philosophies and morals of life, which will make keep alive in our minds forever.
He was the person behind the Satyagraha Ashram in Ahmedabad and the Sabarmati Ashram, which became a platform for introducing long-needed social reforms such as 'Harijan' welfare, small-scale industries and self-reliance and rehabilitation of lepers. His fight to give equal rights to each and every person of the society irrespective of which strata they belong made him immortal among us. He tried to attained moksha by service to mankind. Gandhiji portrays a multi-faceted moral and spiritual messiah. His tireless endeavor to make people understand the basic happiness of life is to be happy with whatever you have, thus showing the only way to save the world. It is his philosophies and morals of life, which will make keep alive in our minds forever.