Just don’t kill
me for posting late. I was on a trip to Kaas, a flower valley, when this idea
came to my bored-with-joblessness-mind. Mahatma Gandhi, lovingly known as Bapu
in India is amongst the most powerful personalities in world history. It
was his birthday recently and this article is a small tribute to the Father of
the Nation.
Who doesn’t know
Gandhiji? We Indians know almost every historic detail about him. So I thought
of drifting away from the boring, informative articles to a more chilled-out
and modern version of a Gandhi article. So this article is basically some
feelings I relate with Bapu and their context with the youth’s current lifestyle.
(Sounds complicated, right?)
1. Freedom- for Gandhiji, freedom meant
freedom of our nation from the British. But for students, freedom is a long
list. Freedom from exams, studies, to play, to read, from parent’s and teacher’s
pressure and expectations, to bake, to sing, to dance, to chill out with our
buddies is just a mere 10% of this long list. We are more of a we-don’t-give-a-damn-about-the-nation
kind of population. Our thoughts for freedom are confined to school and play
and hobbies.
2. Peace- Peace for us? Putting in
headphones and hearing 1D, Hardwell, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry or Selena Gomez’s
latest track or our beloved Bollywood numbers is synonymous to peace for us.
Peace for Gandhiji? It was singing Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram. That shows
development. Bhajan to hip hop. Sometimes I wonder, are we from the same
country?
3. Non-violence-This doesn’t feature in
our lives. We follow the vo-do-maare-tum-chaar-maaro* policy. Gandhiji
was the ultimate idol for non-violence. Are we really his descendants?
4. Selflessness- Gandhiji did not care
about his life while fighting for freedom. He was very altruistic. He was
monotheistic, his religion being freedom. We are more under the self-centered
category. For example, reading is religious for me, social service or altruism don’t
even feature in my list.
5. Patriotism- Gandhiji and patriotism are
synonymous to me. We all are so patriotic that we dream of jobs in
international markets (I’m being sarcastic). Gandhiji freed this country for
this country to live. But our eyes see just Paris, Chicago, New York and
London.
Hope you
enjoyed this article. Bapu is the best!
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*vo-do-maare-tum-chaar-maaro-violence
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