Posted on October 2, 2007 - by rdilipk1

The Mahatma

The land of the mahatma, are we going the mahatma way? We might want to console ourselves by saying so. But the actual story is a big “NO”. Our acts prove it and it requires no proofs….’, ‘

Exactly 60 years ago, a lean man clad in a dhoti took on the mighty english empire, without any arms or, weapons. He won the freedom for our country with his simplicity and his mantra of non-violence. The youth has no given this mantra a new name-”gandhigiri”.We might call it with whatever name we would want to, but the important question is, “Are we still following those simple principles”. My answer to this question would be a big “NO”. We are not following his principles.

We and our political leaders would flaunt our khadi dresses, or deliver speeches on the mahatma, but we seldom care to follow his simple principles.Be it a simple brushing of my vehicle to another one, or a love-affair between my sister and a person whom I do not like, we prefer to settle it once and for all. Murder them. From children who are less than 16 years old to elderly who are above 80 years,we have finally taken to the killing way to achieve our goals. Is this what the mahatma taught us. Probably not.

Only if we learnt his simple ways of life and had learnt to forgive, and win hearts the simple way we could have been a much better and successful nation.Winning a world cup brings passion into us.The aggression shown by our players pumps up adrenalin in us, but no more the words of the mahatma.

I wish, only if we could decide to go the simpler way,our achievements could have been much more cherishable.