PAPER ID: IJIM/Vol. 8(II) June 2023/15-18/3

AUTHOR : Dr. Hemlata Sharma

TITLE: THE GANDHIAN VISION IN 21 CENTURY: NON-VIOLENCE IN A VIOLENCE WORLD

ABSTRACT: Gandhi was a karma yogi, whose words and deeds carried no dualism. Gandhi Ji belongs to the class of great thinkers and visionaries like Socrates and Jesus Christ. The most magnificent achievement in the world history of the struggle for freedom is Gandhi’s weapons of truth and non-violence. No doubt, he remembered all over the world. His views are still vital and relevant in facing the 21^st century’s major challenges as Terrorism, nuclear menace and environmental imbalances which it inherited from the previous century. Gandhi, the notion of Nonviolence attained a special status. He adopted non-violence as a philosophy & an ideal way of life .Gandhi is however called the Father of non- violence. Gandhian non – violence is a philosophy & strategy for social change that rejects the use of violence. Non – violence is an alternative to passive acceptance of oppression or of armed struggle against it. Gandhi teaches that the one who possess nonviolence is blessed. He became an immortal spirit who guides through the path of peace & non – violence.

KEYWORDS: Satyagrahi: Seeker to convert the opponent to the Truth through self-suffering and sacrifice.

Violence: behaviour which harms or damages.

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