'There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.'
In very many ways, Gandhi could have led a comfortable life had he chosen to. The young Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had a lot going for him -- he had, after all, a foreign degree, held a steady job and had seen the world so to say before that fateful night when he was thrown out of the first class train compartment at Pietermaritzburg in South Africa in spite of holding a valid ticket.
As he sat shivering in the winter night in the waiting room of the railway station, Gandhi could have well shrugged off and moved on with his life accepting discrimination as part of living and focussing rather on making two ends meet.
Instead, the night proved to be a turning point in his life as he decided to stay on in South Africa and fight the racial discrimination against Indians there. It was here that Gandhi would formulate the unique version of nonviolent resistance that would change the world for ever -- Satyagraha.
At a time when material benefits and personal gratification seem to be the call of the day, Gandhi's words ring truer than ever.
Re: Look beyond yourself
by kallol paul on Oct 02, 2013 02:48 PM
Slavery has a limit Gandhiji realized that quite early and started fighting against it!
wish we can say the same for the modern day slaves!
Re: Look beyond yourself
by Pakhal Vato on Oct 03, 2013 04:12 PM
If you study you can know the shocking truth that this man had illegal physical relation with many girls, women and widows even in his old age also which he confessed in his own writing.
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
"All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but truth." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
"Those who know how to think need no teachers." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
"The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Re: 5 OF THE BEST MAHATMA GANDHI QUOTES
by kallol paul on Oct 02, 2013 02:32 PM
The Soul has to be the story in totality! How come evils and wrong things are not included in it?
What is the explanation for the source of bad or evil things and its predominant existence?
more than preaching truth! It is the search for further truth or details that must prevail!
lets watch and understand nature much more than any thing else!
Re: Re: 5 OF THE BEST MAHATMA GANDHI QUOTES
by Pakhal Vato on Oct 03, 2013 04:06 PM
If you study you can know the shocking truth that this man had illegal physical relation with many girls, women and widows even in his old age also which he confessed in his own writing.
As it converted many of the capitalists into deshbhakts or nationalists.
Gandhi was a man who traveled lot of places in India even to our village.One cannot understand or imbibe much of Indian hood unless they have traveled much or whole of vivid India.
Lot of great people of Independence being remembered today!
Its sad that the NRI's or foreign educated, higher caste people still calls the shots in India!
Re: Swadeshi Movement was a great movemnet!
by kallol paul on Oct 02, 2013 02:19 PM
It was the Britishers who introduced Industrialization ( steam engine ) to the world or India!And paced up civilization!
Every one who Invaded India became its part not the Britishers, Why?
As it converted many of the capitalists into deshbhakts or nationalists.
Gandhi was a man who traveled lot of places in India even to our village.One cannot understand or imbibe much of Indian hood unless they have traveled much or whole of vivid India.
Lot of great people of Independence being remembered today!
Its sad that the NRI's or foreign educated, higher caste people still calls the shots in India!
This is day when our great nation was blessed with mahatma Gandhiji and Lal Bahadur Shastriji. We also lost K.Kamaraj on this day salutations to all these great men. Hope they inspire younger generation towards a better India
Re: THIS IS TO ABHAY KUMAR
by Ravi PV on Oct 02, 2013 01:08 PM
Pratik shah; r u on a high dose of cocaine today?
Aren't Biharis Indians? Why are you ridiculing them?
For your kind information; Chandra Gupta Maurya from Magadh (today's Bihar) unified most of northern India right from Afganisthan to Bengal. Isn't that a great achievement ?
Re: Re: THIS IS TO ABHAY KUMAR
by Pratik shah on Oct 02, 2013 01:28 PM
UNFORTUNATELY NOT, I dont see them as indians. If i am ridiculing them, than they deserved it. I am a firm believer that, if you have a opinion, you can put forward that; but it has to be properly scripted, you cannot just abuse them. I got upset, with some comments made by some IDIOTS on this site. And as they riduculed gandhi, i was forced to do the same.
Unfortunately bihars are most common people who are good in this art.
Their is no doubt that Gandhi believed in honesty. Something which his followers never followed. Inspite of social stigma and oppossition from within congress, he dared to "experiment" with truth. Tested his discipline and resolve. On this occassision I salute his quest for honesty.
