In Gandhi Jayanti week, we find our lives are shadowed by non Gandhian practices. Hate-speak in Parliament, abuse on social media, and communal dog-whistles are distancing us from the Mahatma. Perhaps a fitting tribute to Gandhi on his birthday would be if we were to draw 10 possible lessons from the man who opened India’s first mohabbat ki dukaan.
1. No hatred or anger for any individual: Gandhi never targeted anyone personally. While fighting the British raj, he made it clear he was opposed to imperialism, not to British people who he urged to stay on in India as equals. “I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug, anti-injustice…my personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting Englishmen.”
