Gandhi's Concepts Of An Ideal Society

To build a better place, economics is important because after all economics is the social science that examines how entire societies manage scarce resources. Because resources in the society is limited therefore societies must ensure allocation of resources meets as many as needs possible.
In the contemporary Indian history, we had seen Gandhi a great leader who believed in the division of work and he used to follow the same concept in his ashrama. He believed sincere cooperation and division of work will led to a healthy social life. He reckoned that Varnashrama which was prevailed in the ancient Hindu scriptures supports the same spirit. It does not suggest high or low status. Gandhi always believed in self-reliance throughout his life. Gandhi’s concept of an ideal society suggests every individual should work according to his …show more content…
After achieving ones’ minimum needs now, they need to contribute the rest of his outputs to the society, instead using it for build-up his personal wealth. The concept of Dasoha is different from which prevailed in the traditions of Brahmin community known as Dana. Dana is gift or a part of exchange which exploits the society. Dasoha means after earning your bread labour spontaneously giving out the left over to the society. In economic terms surplus produced should not be wasted by individual but should be channeled into distribution of resources.
According to Dr. Nalini Avinash Waghmare, “etymologically the word Dasoha or Dasoham, a Sanskrit word, refers to the state of mind and personality of an individual Dasoham (Dasoham: I am the slave) means humbleness, servitude, denying egotism, etc. The saranas who adhere to this principle firmly uphold this saying: soham is the internal egotism, sivoham is the extemal egotism, Dasoham (I am the slave) is non-egoistic