Mahatma Gandhi Research Paper

The acid test of relevance of works and views of a great man is definitely the application of them in prevailing conditions of time and space. Mahatma Gandhi is fortunately among those few great men in the entire human history whose individual life, works and views, also known as Gandhism, not only had proved to be great and exemplary during his own lifetime but there relevance and significance remained intact after his passing away.

Gandhi became the ideal hero for thousands around the world in general and renowned figures like Martin Luther King Junior of America, Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Ninoy Aquino of the Philippines in particular. Simultaneous to this, his views and works are still worth giving a thought, and if they are applied

Love is a value supplementary to Ahimsa. It is an ornament of the brave. In it everything is good, positive and beneficial provided it is not momentary. Mahatma Gandhi saw the ultimate truth in love and said, “To see the universal and pervading spirit of Truth face-to-face one must be able to love the meanest of certain as myself.” That is why his non-violence was that of the brave. It was not born out of cowardice.

Out of pure love, he was prepared to suck the poison from a snakebite from the body of General Michael O’Dwyer. He did not hate the British. He was opposed to their exploitative rule. He was free from fear. In addition, his fearlessness was extraordinary or of a very high order. It was during the Champaran Satyragraha in 1917-18 when he heard that a British Indigo planter wanted to kill him if he was found alone. He went alone to the residence of that planter one early morning and offered himself to be killed. The Englishman did not have the heart to kill this great and brave

Before launching Satyagraha and during the course of Satyagraha, Gandhi was always ready to negotiate and discuss. In the late 1920s, he was opposed to the exploitation of the textile workers of Ahmedabad by the mill owners, but he was not in favor of a strike to end it. In all matters of dispute, whether they were small or big in nature or at the local or national level, he advocated discussions, negotiations or dialogues, conciliations, and arbitrations and adjudication as a last resort. He applied the same method with regard to gaining independence for the country. He inspired confidence and faith in his words; he was always dependable. Even today with changed circumstances, it is necessary that when we talk of Ahimsa and Satyagraha, we should bear in mind this