Essays on Mahatma Gandhi

The 21st century world is a co-habitation of man and his machines where virtues stand endangered and fundamentals are toyed around to suit high profile cases. With the advent of automation, a major part of our lives recedes into dominion of the virtual. The clout...

Ahimsa and Satyagraha are extremely relevant in today’s society. Ahimsa is the respect for all living things, treating them equally and urges people to refrain from violence under any circumstances. Satyagraha is the idea that non-violence can turn friends into enemies and promotes world peace....

“Anyone who observes the rules of health will not need to knock at the doors of doctors from day to day.” Mahatma Gandhi, the non-violent political mover and shaker who took the greatest colony away from the greatest empire in history, thus playing a role,...

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. Gandhiji was more influenced by his mother, a saintly, a religious- minded lady. He was one of the most respected political and spiritual leaders of the time. He...

As many as 46 eminent Indians from various fields were asked this question by Raghunath Mashelkar, the internationally acclaimed scientist, and their responses are presented in this book. Mashelkar himself has this to say about it: “… not just a mere collection of thoughts. Collectively,...

The environmental crisis that has engulfed the world today is worsening day by day with climate change, environmental degradation and pollution being the focus of every national or international, informal or formal political forum. In wake of this crisis, new terms like Environmentalism and Sustainable...

Gandhi’s beliefs on the caste system were very different, according to him each Varna was determined by birth and to each it was assigned with no implications of superiority or inferiority. Gandhi did not consider Varnas to be a man made institution but the “law...

Both Gandhi and Mandela struggled to maintain specific goals, like Gandhi’s goal to gain independence from Britain and Mandela’s goal to end apartheid. Non-violence, the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change was the center of these movements. The...

“A hero is someone who gives his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” (Joseph Campbell). The act of civil disobedience the refusal to comply with laws, to pay taxes, and fines with a peaceful form of political protest. Showing others how to go...