MAHATMA GANDHI: FATHERLY FIGURE OF HUMAN CONSCIENCE
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi began
as a fallible man, like all of us, and he remained fallible, like all of us,
through his journey with life – from an early married boy – to a confused young
man – to a maturing adult looking for the meaning of life beyond his
professional legal practice – to a man making the cause of other Indians to
claim a dignified life his own – to an Indian freedom movement activist coming
of age – to the central figure of the Indian freedom struggle starting to write
a new and definitive chapter introducing non-violence and Satyagraha – to the
Father of the nation, Bapu – to the Fatherly figure of the human conscience –
he remained fallible – like all of us – but unlike almost of us – he always
spoke of it – and he always had atonements for it – with his personal austerity
and self-discipline – he remained fallible like all of us – but he overcame it
every time, unlike most of us – and he did it all while remaining one of us,
within the reach of everyone, with no strings attached – he cared for all – he
spoke to all - and all looked up to him - and that is what made him the Father
of the Human Conscience – that is what made him the Mahatma.
©/IPR: Santosh Chaubey - http://severallyalone.blogspot.com
