RELEVANCE OF GANDHIANISM TODAY
The world remembers Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi today as this year marks his 73 rd death anniversary. India’s most famous apostle was shot dead by Nathuram Godse on 30 th January 1948. What the gunshot could kill was only the flesh and blood and not the ideals of the Mahatma that serve as the guiding light decades after and shall continue to be so for generations to come. Here are a few Gandhian principles that stay relevant in contemporary times, helping in creating a better civilization. Simple living, higher thinking. We keep on running in order to acquire more and more, caught in the spiral, missing onto the little moments of happiness life has to offer. The worldwide lockdown consequent of the Coronavirus pandemic reminded us of this fundamental principle as the human race realized it can survive on much less than what its greed craves for. Sustainable development. Mahatma Gandhi said, “The Earth has enough for everyone’s need, but not for anyone’s greed". Con...