Rest of the previous one -- Gandhi

Apologies for been absent since a very long time. I think its good to pic up from where I left it. Having talked about the government and democracy, its time for highlight the second thing in my mind; GANDHI. The man of the century or the father of Nation. Well the meaning of these tags are more deeper and heavier then they sound. I don't have much idea about the "Man of the Century" part( well I honestly believe it could be Einstein or Mother Teresa or Arthur C Clark or Kubrik or Satyajeet Ray or Bhagat Singh or Roosevelt for that matter of fact), so I would like to put my views on the "Father of Nation" part.
The phrase is more apt then any because it signifies the person who literally beget the Nation or more clearly the Idea of a nation. Primarily, a nation is a group of people who are ready to realize the values of mutual existence and bear the tolerance for the alikes. They ought to be sane and healthy enough to take responsibilities of their actions and thoughts. Last, they have to agree the fact that they are not random grazing individuals but a flock which is ready to be lead by the choosen ones to the path of acheiveing state of Utopia.
Gandhi had realised much more than this. He not only made himself educated about the hurdles in acheiving these milestones but also successfully propagated it to the considerably large number of people. No wonder he was a lawyer by profession. It surely would have taken great skills to pursued people from what they think is well being to the state where they started thinking that they were supressed and victimised by the curse of Colonialism. Denial is a virtue. It let man to face the most difficult times with all health and wellness; its like a defense mechanism of a Turtle. Carapace of denial provides the shelter to the weak so that he can survive the winters of life and wait for the springs.
Enough with the Denial, so about Gandhi. He was not a man of denial. He wanted to keep things on paper and paper in front of his eyes. Camouflage was not meant for him. In midst of carnage he was able to let people realize what it feels to be in a sweet canto of life and more importantly how to acheive it.


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