Mar 06 2008
Gandhi
I wanted to start off with Gandhi because he is a person that has caused a great impact in my life. I love everything he did and highly admire him as a person.He was called Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma meaning “great soul.” There are many other reasons why I admire him, but the main one is because of all the things he accomplished without a single act of violence. He started the Indian movement, one by which he tried to give equal rights to whites and Indians. Many times he was put to jail. This, of course, was only because he opposed to do things whites demanded them to do, because once again he believed in nonviolent co-existence. When in jail, he fed his followers -that had also been put to jail with him- for free. He also lead many strikes and hunger strikes. Beacuse of this, he soon became a national hero. In 1931, in a conference in London, he declared India as independent. Unfortunately, not everyone thought the way the way he did. Because of this, he had some enemies.He was assasinated by Nathuram Godse in 1948.
Some people think one person cannot make a difference. I believe one person make all the difference. This is another reason why I admire Mahatma Gandhi. It all started because he believed he could make a difference; and even though in the beginning he did not have any followers, he slowly started influencing a numerous amount of people. In the end, this one person accomplished his goal. Later on, he also inspired many other important people like Martin Luther King Jr.
“I object to nonviolence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” -Mahatma Gandhi
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Natha, I felt very encourged once I read your blog. I always have agreed that one person can make a difference, but could never really support it. Mahatma Gandhi is a great example, and I was thrilled to se how you used him as one. Do you know of other people apart from Marthin Luther King who Gandhi influenced?
NaTHaly, I don’t know what to write to make this not sound like wikispaces so I’m going to make this response sound like a wikispace response. You’re blog idea is very smart and I hope you don’t run out of people, I doubt you will, but if you do I give you permission to use me. Anyway, like chompie, who’s real name I know, I would like to know who else Ghandi influenced and did he speak English?
P.S. how old was he when he was assasinated?
Oh, I forgot to say that like you and Chompie, I have always thought that one person can make all the difference in the world.
Hi! I am a writing for a newsletter on higher education using the Gandhi teachings and on our October issue, I would like to feature stories of people whose lives were influenced by Gandhi. Do u think, u can help me out?
I’m sure, u can!
Thanks in advance!
Mirla