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Martyr’s Day: Embracing the Gandhian Art of Dialogue for a Better Future

Gandhi's life exemplified inclusive growth, bringing people together for common good. His example serves as a mirror for leadership in promoting dialogue and community development.

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Martyr's Day, Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary: We need to return to Gandhian art of dialogue

All his life, Gandhi tried to bring people of different communities together because he believed in inclusive growth and development; something that was possible only when everybody worked for the common good.

Why have we lost this art of dialogue and the ability of taking all the people together? Gandhi’s example holds the mirror to present leadership.

During the freedom struggle, there was a diversity of opinions and paths on how to get independence. There were militant elements led by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, and Lala Lajpat Rai; then there were the divisions created by the British between Hindus, Muslims, scheduled class and others; together with this were fringe elements of the RSS and finally, there was the direct attack by Subhas Chandra Bose.

Yet, Gandhi never gave up the path of dialogue and always explained in great detail the reasons for taking a particular path and his actions. He gave a spiritual tone to the freedom struggle and generally kept the dialogue with different factions at a high moral level.

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Gandhi gave Indians confidence in themselves; that they were equal to the British and showed that we can defeat the greatest power of the world through peaceful means.

The economic situation during the freedom struggle was really grim. Yet Gandhi’s higher calling brought the people together and gave them a sense of doing something wonderful with their lives and achieving the impossible. Thus, the richest industrialists like Tata, Birla, Bajaj, etc. took very active part in the freedom struggle.

Today, the situation is different. We are economically well-off and increased exposure through mass media and the internet has resulted in raising the aspirations of our population manifold.

Due to problems of not achieving the aspirations of the huge population, there is daily struggle and frustration. Politicians ignite everyone’s baser instincts every day with circumstances designed to incite them and ignite any situation. General strife is the result of these frustrations.

A pluralistic society such as India, with 26 languages, many cultures and religions, faces many divergent issues. Politicians must diffuse these issues and unite us to fight poverty, blind faith, and ignorance rather than fight each other.

It has been shown the world over that human beings react very positively to the call for a higher purpose in life and with proper dialogue, they are capable of making sincere and honest decisions. This is how Gandhi inspired the freedom movement.

What is, therefore, needed at this juncture is that a good political leadership provides a balm to the frayed nerves by showing the path where every section of the society can take part in nation building.

However, when the whole purpose of present political parties is to win the next election and remain in power rather than taking the nation on the path of general development and well-being of its population, then it is difficult for them to provide leadership and the Gandhian balm.

So, like the Gandhian way, what we need is that each of us becomes the agent of change. We can do it by working to our best capability and in doing our work honestly. This single thing can throw up good leaders and help in creating a great and prosperous country.

All of us are part of this great country. In India, we all want a holistic, satisfying, and economically viable India regardless of our views, religions, or ways of life.

That was Gandhi’s dream. So, let’s all remember him and follow his path to bring everyone together and to show love and peace to our fellow citizens.

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