GANDHI, FATHER OF THE NATION….AND HOW HIS SATYAGRAHA MOVEMENT DEFEATED BRITAIN.

As this is my day of rebelling against my planned gruelling tour itinerary, I decided to visit Madurai´s Gandhi Museum which was mentioned in a guide book. Simple chronologically sequenced wall illustrations charted from the beginning of British control of India, Gandhi´s involvement, up to ´freedom fighters´ like Martin Luther King who revered Gandhi´s method and spirit.
His method of Satyagraha (firmness in fighting injustice by scrupulously truthful means) gained India its freedom. In a small,black painted room, in a glass case lay the blood-stained dhoti he wore when assassinated on the 30th of January 1948. I cried.

Some Gandhi gems:
“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.”
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall – think of it, ALWAYS.”

How pertinent are his words for today’s troubled times.