Mahtma Gandhi set a very high moral standard.
He did not indulge in leveling blatant accusations and he had no
hatred for his enemy. Reason why the common men of Britain identified with him
and rejected the hero of WW-II -Churchill- and voted for Clement Atlee (in the
post war general elections of the UK in July 1945) and that paved the way for Indian
independence.
Drawing a parallel with Chauri Chaura:
After the Chauri
Chaura
incident (in 1922), where 22 police men were burnt alive by the angry mob-
instead of indulging in a spat with the administration for their
high-handedness Gandhi admitted his moral responsibility for Chauri Chaura incident and immediately
called off the ongoing nation wide satyagraha. He candidly admitted that the
masses were not ready for such a fight. Next two decades he would spend
essentially doing that- preparing people to wage a moral rebellion. The work
was clearly visible when Gandhi waged the salt-satyagraha (12 march 1930),
where hundreds valiantly faced the police lathi without indulging in any
violence against the perpetrators.
26 January 1930- the first independence day of India!
The call for the Civil Disobedience Movement- better known as salt satyagraha of 1930
followed the declaration of independence on 26 january 1930. Hence the relevance
of reminiscing about the incident after 84 years!
Politics Vs constructive work:
It's politically wrong to admit certain facts. However; as I
have no political axe to grind and my association is almost exclusively
ideological; let me speak my mind.
The IAC movement was launched to cleanse politics and the nation of
corruption through Gandhian means, so as not to spread anarchy.
IMHO, to sustain such lofty ideals we'll need sacrifice and hard
work; for Rome was not built in a day!
1 comment:
Agree with your observation, Sidharth. Gandhi had very deep knowledge, intelligence and was at most truthful. AK has to go a long way, and I hope the movement doesn't lose track and momentum.
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