Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ also known as Mahatma‚ “The great-souled one”‚ was an Indian nationalist leader and architect of one of the most famous forms of civil disobedience‚ Satyagraha or more commonly known as non-violent passive resistance. Satyagraha had a large impact on the world and still remains as one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today. Gandhi spent some time as an Indian immigrant in South Africa and eventually moved back to India in the early
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Indira Gandhi‚ the first women prime minister of India inspires me. When I read her life story I started to venerate her. It is a truth that I adopted her single actions in my life. She was called the “child of revolution” by her grand father when she was born. She has proved it by changing the face of India. I got influenced by her actions‚ life styles and her way of behavior. To my surprise‚ I have adopted her qualities like being a voracious reader‚ brave and friendly. Her aspect was to do right
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Mohandas “Mahatma” Karamchand Gandhi. A shudder of nervous anticipation shook him as he lowered his hand into the sloshing sea. Digging his hands into the ground‚ his hand hit something lumpy. Hands trembling‚ Gandhi lifted a lump of salty mud from the depths of the sea. The crowd gasped silently. Gandhi then forced himself to lower the lump into the water. The mud slipped away from the grains of white‚ causing the water to grow murkier. A few minutes later‚ the mud cleared‚ and Gandhi held up his
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unique to our personal outlook‚ but these are of interest our mentalities which appear in our instant. Impacts of stereotyping in our multicultural groups are serious; it will mislead our ability of judgment. In "My Body Is My Own Business" Naheed Mustafa discusses her reasons of wearing the "Hijab"‚ although she is not required to wear one‚ she does so anyway to strengthen herself. Stereotyping is a method to labeling people‚ but it will confuse us and we will unable to observe the truth of people
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naturally influenced by thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and the lifestyle espoused by him. Its influ ence is seen more on the genres like 75 poetry and novels but a travel writer like Kakashae b Kalelkar who was deeply influenced by Gandhian philosophy‚ produced a remar kable volume of travel writing which has its important place in Indian Bhasha lite rature in general. The need and curiosity of visiting places within the country was intensified during this time. Gandhi appealed the writers to go amidst
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Kink Jr.‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ and even various prophets. Their contributions to our history place them in this unique position. Each of them has their own stories‚ dreams‚ views‚ beliefs and goals in life; and yet they are also similar in a vast amount of ways. My objective here is to compare and contrast these leaders as well as discussing the connection to modern day prophets if any. In order for Mahatma Gandhi to reach his ultimate goal‚ he had to prove worthy of its rewards. All that Gandhi wanted
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Henry David Thoreau‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ and Martin Luther King Jr. have all contributed to the idea of civil disobedience. Inspiring figures like these men have indeed left a positive mark on societies to stand up for what they believe is the right thing no matter the consequences. Henry David Thoreau was raised in a home where slavery was not looked upon as morally right thus making him an anti-slavery member. With influence from his mother‚ a member of the
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Mohandas K. Gandhi - His Greatest Success “Mahatma Gandhiji is revered in India as the Father of the Nation” (Singh‚ Para: 1‚ 2004). Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was the leader of the Indian Nationalist movement against British rule. Gandhi was the father of nonviolent resistance and India’s greatest political leader and social reformer. His dream was that of a free India‚ where there was unity regardless of religious believes or political views. Gandhi accomplished his goal of a free
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assertion as there have been several reputed figures in history that have created their own path when there were no other ones available. For instance‚ Mahatma Gandhi and George Washington are two such figures that created their own pathways―and precedents―that can be considered either blessed or cursed for the precedents they set. Mahatma Gandhi is best known for his Quit India Movement against the British Empire during the middle of the twentieth century. The precedents he set with his movement
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the civil rights movement‚ Martin Luther King believes in a peaceful protest could change the mentality of our time. This particular belief was inspired by the teaching of the Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi who used nonviolent techniques in the struggle to secure India’s freedom from the Great Britain. Both Gandhi and MLK insisted of a fundamental internal conversion from violence to nonviolence as the basis of our work for justice‚ human rights and peace.
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