Satyagraha

People nowadays don't always think about other while doing thing but the Greeks have a proverb that say, a society grows great when old men grow tree whose shade they know they shall never sit in. This more or less means, that when people do thing for others, that don't always help them self, it makes the people as a whole greater. Mother Teresa was a woman that did so much for other while getting nothing in return, she was willing to have nothing so others could have something, which reminds…

Peaceful protest has been an essential part of American freedoms since the founding of this nation. However, I believe that people have recently taken this act of freedom too far. Obviously, when talking about peaceful protest, it is impossible to avoid talking about the movements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Mahatma Ghandi. These movements, the Civil Rights Movement specifically, have accomplished so much, not because they were disobeying the law particularly, but because it allowed the…

Indians, South Africans, and African Americans gain their freedom in numerous ways that are inspirational to the current generation who are slowly reliving the history. Indian and South Africans had to gain their freedom from foreigners in their country. African Americans had freedom in their country but did not have equal respect or equal freedom as Whites in United States. Indians, South Africans, and African Americans had similar struggles for their freedom in their country. They all went…

Peace Over Terror Terrorism in any light is a gruesome subject to contemplate. Terrorism rises many concerns in different people and allows feelings of fear to overwhelm a person. As humans on this Earth, pondering the thought of whether terrorism is morally permissible as a society is imperative to know. From a Utilitarian point of view, terrorism is not permissible under many accounts of which include the Greatest Happiness Principle, Gandhi's and Martin Luther King Jr.'s perspective on…

Human desire is like an unfulfilled promise that never stops, that such a truth, nobody can deny it, even those reading this would agree with me that as I have some desires, so as you. This essay would give readers an idea what I really desire for and why. To most readers “money” would be the most desired requirements to fulfill the promises or needs and why not, money can buy anything even love. As for me, I have three desires, I would love to see one day happening, and it does not require…

One of the most original contributions of Gandhiji in the area of economics is the concept of trusteeship. Gandhiji wanted complete equality in so far as the basic needs of the people were concerned. In fact he wanted the basic needs of all including animals to be met satisfactorily. But at the same time, he wanted people to have incentives to remain economically active and produce more. This naturally would lead to some people having more than what they need. They would be rich but there would…

Gandhi was arrested on May 5, many more peaceful protests were made in light of the Salt March. Finally, in 1947, India gained its independence from Britain. Mohandas Gandhi was able to ignite a hope of independence with the Indian people through his satyagraha, mass civil…

Even though globalization feels to some like it has been ongoing “for ages,” on the vast timescale of human civilization, it is a very modern development and there are still significant societal differences between nations. Because some nations offer conditions favorable to innovators, the most significant innovations and social changes have occurred within particular nations. The most successful innovators know both how to innovate for humans and to ignore their own human imperfections while…

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as “Mahatma Gandhi”, was an Indian leader and an Anti-War Activist. He believed greatly in justice for all people and that we are children of God. Gandhi was born on October 2nd of 1869 in Porbandar, India and was unfortunately killed on January 30th of 1948 by a Hindu fanatic in New Delhi, India. As a young man he studied in three different places one of them being Law at the University College in London (Gandhi Timeline). In addition, during his lifetime…

oppressed classes. Apart from the chief architect of Indian constitution he struggled for marginalized women and their fulfilment. Dr Ambedkar had believed in the strength of women and their role in the process of social reform. In the historic Mahad Satyagraha around 300 women had taken part. He introduced Maternity Benefit Bill in 1942 when he was Labour Minister of Executive Counsel of Governor General. From the point of protection and Civil Rights for women he introduced Hindu Code Bill.…