Saturday, August 27, 2011

Ghandi's Salt March - The genesis of the Civil Disobedience Movement

"Mahatma Gandhi, along with many members of the Congress Party, had a long-standing commitment to nonviolent civil disobedience, which he termed satyagraha, as the basis for achieving Indian independence. Referring to the relationship between satyagraha and Purna Swaraj, Gandhi saw "an inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree." He wrote, "If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite. Only a change brought about in our political condition by pure means can lead to real progress.""


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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well,written word,how can the country development without our people going along.Cambodian government abused and violated its people and rule with the dictatorship of absolutely power.Our sincere thank to Human Right Organizations and other human activists.

Anonymous said...

the truth of the matter is that every human being is capable of committing violence; however, the difference is smart, clever and educated individuals would think twice before risking life in harm's way unnecessarily, especially when all other beneficial ways are not exhausted yet. i think that what made gandhi so famous as the father of india's independence. he preferred to us non-violence approach to gaining india's independence, and he succeeded in that. cambodia ought to study and learn from the wise gandhi like martin luther king jr, did. anyway... think about it, if scam rainsy is a coward, then don't expect other people to put their life in harm's way.

Anonymous said...

it's all about being smart and clever, you know!

Anonymous said...

gandhi showed us that there are other ways to get what we want beside just using violence, you see! of course, we all should learn and study from the wise gandhi of india. why not? knowledge and education knows no boundary, you know!