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His school record was mediocre and he was timid.
He did, however, have an extraordinary sense of morality.
He went to Britain at the age of 18.
After being admitted to the bar, he went to South Africa for this friend.
What he saw there were discrimination and insults to human beings by other human beings.
This experience was a big turning point in his life.
What began to grow on that land in 21 years was an indomitable spirit through nonviolence.
What he acquired was international praise.
He returned to India in 1914 with conviction and confidence His motherland India was, however, a colony of Britain.
In his resistance and struggles, he put up with repeated arrests and imprisonment.
Not minding fasting, he pursued "real self" that does not feel shame in front of the sacred.
He tried to reconcile religions and took pains to abolish the caste system.
"All my actions stem from permanent love for humanity."
Because of this conviction, he categorically rejected violence.
And he expressed his unlimited respect for women, expectations and enthusiasm for youth, and absolute confidence and approval of people.
The name of that person is Mahatma Gandhi.
What symbolized his movement was the "Salt March."
To make salt by themselves, which was monopolized by the British, they slowly walked 385 km from Ashram to the shores in 24 days.
"What is good is to move at snail's pace."
It became a miraculously big movement of several million people.
After all these struggles, India achieved its long-cherished independence in 1947 by throwing off a 200-year yoke.
In the following year, however, Gandhi was shot by a fanatic and died at the age of 78.
His last words were "Forgive the youth." |
In RajGaht where his remains were cremated, an epitaph of Gandhi is inscribed:
Seven Social Sins
1. Politics without principles
2. Wealth without work
3. Pleasure without conscience
4. Knowledge without character
5. Commerce without morality
6. Science without humanity
7. Worship without sacrifice
These words from the soul of Mahatma Gandhi are universal admonitions to humanity. |
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| The contents here are partially modified from a newspaper article issued in January 2003. |
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