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| Mahatma Gandhi |
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the
moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. - Mahatma Gandhi
WHEN GANDHI was born British rule had been established in
India. The uprising of 1857, known as the Mutiny, had merely served to
consolidate the British adventure into an empire. India had effectively passed
under British tutelage, so effectively indeed, that instead of resenting alien
rule the generation of educated Indians were eager to submit to the
"Civilizing mission" of their foreign masters. Political subjection
had been reinforced by intellectual and moral servility. It seemed that the British
Empire in India was safe for centuries.
When Gandhi died it was India, a free nation that mourned
his loss. The disinherited had recovered their heritage and the "dumb
millions" had found their voice. The disarmed had won a great battle and
had in the process evolved a moral force such as to compel the attention, and
to some degree, the admiration, of the world. The story of this miracle is also
the story of Gandhi's life, for he, more than any other was the architect of
this miracle. Ever since, his grateful countrymen call him the Father of the
Nation.
And yet it would be an exaggeration to say that Gandhi alone
wrought this miracle. - mkgandhi.org
