Essay - Relevance of Gandhian Principles in Today's Time.
Today Gandhi is remembered in India mostly on his birthday which is celebrated as a national holiday rather as a ritual. As a matter of fact, India is not following any of Gandhi's teachings which are mostly confined to text books. In fact, since independence, the country has witnessed many violent communal riots in this multi communal country.Gandhi is extremely relevant to India today. He is a large part of their history and will be relevant for many years to come. He taught people a lot of great life lessons. In America George Washington is ancient now but still relevant as Gandhi will be to the people of India one day.The Relevance of Gandhi For All Times is an essay witten by Ravi Kumar on Gandhiji. This section contains Prize-winning Essays of the classical contest organised by CITYJAN Newsweekly, Navi Mumbai on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October, 2002.
Relevance of Gandhi in Modern Times by Dr. Rajen Barua Looking at the present state of affairs in India, the birthplace of Gandhi, one would probably surmise that Gandhism, whatever the term may mean, cannot have any relevance in this twenty-first century.This aspect of Mahatma Gandhi’s thought and work is even more relevant for India today. Though India won her freedom from alien rule by offering large-scale satyagraha for achieving swaraj, yet the state that India created after independence had little in common with the ideal of swaraj.
These ideas are very relevant for us today because they are strong and effective remedial measures at the disposal of an individual to protect minority rights or to keep any government on its toes. The entire post-war history has been impacted by the transformative role of Gandhi’s Satyagraha. Dr.
