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    Giving vs. Recieving Children dismiss their sleep on the night of christmas eve waiting to rush down to the chimney in the morning. Smiles no grander after shredding through wrapping paper; while the parents hearts are warmed by this sight. Showing such kindness and generosity towards one another develops each of their bonds in a state of unity and pleasure. People teach their young that is it better to give rather than receive; to prevent them from developing a self centered ego (Myers). Empathy

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    the world be filled with a population of large amounts of followers as opposed to leaders. Do you know where and what this society would be like if we didn’t have leaders like Rosa Parks‚ Susan Parks‚ Susa B.Anthony‚ Dr Martin Luther King Jr‚ and Mahatma Ghandi? We would not have any freedom or rights that these leaders fought so hard to achieve for the modern world. We would not be able to experience historical periods such as the Industrial Revolution‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ the Feminist Movement

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    Civil Disobedience Civil disobedience is defined as the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy. It is characterized by the employment of nonviolent techniques such as boycotting‚ picketing‚ and nonpayment of taxes. Civil disobedience is a nonviolent act of protest‚ which is caused by a moral belief that a law is wrong or otherwise known as unconstitutional. In the nineteenth century‚ the American author Henry David

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    against pawned items AS A RESULT:- At the age of 13‚ G.D was already carving out a career as a trader and broker in Gunny and Hessian in Calcutta As a broker‚ GD had to call on many British ’Burra Saheb’. The practice was that some benches the waiting room were reserved for the use of whites only. GD’s spirit rebelled against the humiliation involve; he decided that would have his own Jute Mill. In Calcutta‚ he joined the Bengali terrorists. He was named among those wanted in the Rodda conspiracy

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    experiments with truth began in our country. Years may have passed since the Mahatma walked the face of the earth‚ but his treasured ideals and principles still hold fort.  According to me Mahatma Gandhi has become all the way more pertinent in the 21st century. It is not an easy task to consider the relevance of Gandhian prescriptions and strategy for the contemporary world. But if one accepts the teaching that Satyagraha made Mahatma Gandhi and not the reverse‚ and that it would outlive him‚ the Gandhian

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    abcdship’ comes from the old English word ‘worth-ship’‚ which means giving worth to something. So when the wise ones said ‘work is worship’‚ they meant doing what we do with the sense of worthiness or respect. When we understand that all work—big or small—is valuable and do it with reverence‚ then our work becomes worship. “Work is Worship” is a very old proverb which means there is no better way to worship God except to be working hard and this is fully justified by what man has achieved during

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    Mahatma known as great soul.Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule.He is known as the ‘Father of Independence’ of his country.His non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress has been hugely influential.Mahatma Gandhi had a vision for India‚ where there would no government‚ no army or police force.He wished that India would be as it was in the past with self-developing villages‚only depending on agrarian economy(Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision

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    alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock‚ take a detour." --- Mary Kay Ash As human beings‚ our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world… as in being able to remake ourselves. ~Mahatma Gandhi

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    January 29‚ 1998 Published at 19:05 GMT World The life and death of Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: 1869 - 1948 | | Eyewitness account of Gandhi’s assassination by Robert Stimson for the BBC on Jan 30‚ 1948 (3’15") | | Fifty years ago on January 30‚ 1948‚ India’s "Father of the Nation"‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ was assassinated. Gandhi‚ one of the world’s most famous pacifists‚ was killed by a fellow Hindu. The name "mahatma" means "great soul"‚ and his philosophy of peaceful resistance is

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    of 1947‚ India declared its independence from the British rule; the man behind this victory was Mahatma Gandhi a lawyer who experienced discrimination at a barbershop and a train due to his skin color‚ a man’s philosophy that inspired great leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. His activism of nonviolence impacted India encouraging important movements in other parts of the world. Mahatma Gandhi was able to accomplish India´s independence but it was not easy‚ he struggled and faced

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