Lessons in Non-violent Civil Disobedience from the life of M. K. Gandhi and his Legacy by Arun J. Mehta - HTML preview

Review

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “My life is a message”. He himself had experimented his life occasions at many times, learned and perfected his mistakes. He had a strong belief in the natural living of human species that is prone to err and willing to learn from it.

This book by Shri. Arun J. Mehta brings the message of discovering the true aspects of an ideal and completeness of one life with the life of Mahatma Gandhi from his childhood until after his death. It is for an ordinary man to learn lessons from such an extraordinary person who lived in the 20th century, changing the world and people in pursuit of searching the truth through his nonviolent endeavors which ultimately have proved that the mankind had an inherent quality of being a supreme species on this planet.

The author has aptly brought out the various attributes and qualities what had made a shy, fearful Mohan to the great soul (Mahatma). The book is structured in a way that how this transformation happened in his life, narrating the incidents in some places along with the words of wisdom spoken and written by Gandhi. It takes the reader to various aspects of Gandhi and his reflections from the beginning to end:

In the chapter “M.K.Gandhi”, the author has illustrated events in his life from the perception of characterization and evolution of becoming a Mahatma on a personal note.

The chapter “Civil Disobedience-Satyagrha” epitomizes the Gandhi in a more complete form what the world knows. It describes how his philosophy of nonviolence and tactical moves that brought independence to India elucidating the true power of Satyagraha that spearheaded the national movement for decades with its distinct color and character. The section “Legacy” points out his influence in socio-political, business and public environment. The author has not failed to mention the need for Gandhian model to contain the spreading danger of arms, war and global violence what the world fears nowadays. As the world sees Gandhi in various forms, reader can find a crispy and simple scope of his legacy of Gandhi that still has won millions of hearts in the world.

In a nutshell, this book is one of its kinds that speak of the greatness of Mahatma with a vivid representation of the exceptional traits what he borne while he was living and moral lessons what we could learn from his living. As we read through pages, this greatness heightens, never ceases to diminish and the legacy is born once again while we become part of it when we finish reading it.

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