Tomorrow is the birth day of Mahatma Gandhi. He was born on 2nd of October 1869. He died on 30th of January, 1948. He is called “Mahatma†means a great soul.†Mahatma Gandhi was unquestionably a great man. He moulded the character of the struggle for freedom in India, and impressed his own ideals upon the new governing class that came into power when the English went home. .If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. Some author wrote stating that Gandhi was inevitable. Martin Luther King Jr. said that we may ignore Gandhi at our own risk. Therefore on this auspicious day it would be in our own interest to remind ourselves what dreams he had for India. Let us know the India of his dreams:
I shall work for an India, in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country in whose making they have an effective voice:: an India in which there shall be no high class or low class of people : an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an India for the curse of untouchability, or the curse of intoxicating drinks and drugs. Women will enjoy the same rights as men. Since we shall be at peace with all the rest of the world, neither exploiting nor being exploited. We should have the smallest army imaginable. Personally I hate distinction between foreign and indigenous.
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet. Mine is not the religion of prison house.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it–always