Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

"You must not lose faith in humanity.Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

                -Gandhi

Gandhi's Top 10 Fundamentals To Change the World

1. Change yourself.
2. You are in control.
3. Forgive & Let it go.
4. Without action you arent going anywhere
5. Take care of this moment.
6. Everyone is human.
7. Persist.
8. See the good in people & help them.
9. Be congruent, Be authentic, Be your true self.
10. Continue to Grow & Evolve.

My understanding of the division between the Hindu population governing the Muslim population minority

As I only have somewhat of a general understanding of the topic, I will state some facts that I do know such as, when things changed in the eighteenth century, where the intent of war was over religious differences; neither religion has accepted each other completely and takes in little influence from the neighboring religion. 

In 1947 Muslims forced partitioning of Pakistan which divided the country making a single Muslim homeland. This caused much violence between the two religions and many were killed on both sides. Gandhi stopped the violence by going on a hunger strike which led the Hindu people to stop fighting. The aftermath of the violence resulted in the assassination of Gandhi and the formation of Bangladesh.

The concerns of this whole dilemma that has been happening for generations to now have been ongoing , even possibly similar. It's like a grudge of some sort that lasted since as long as it was recorded.

Interesting Facts

-The great Scientist Albert Einstein once said about Gandhi :
        “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as
             this (Gandhi) walked the earth in flesh and blood.”

-When he first came to England, his teacher made him copy the Sermon on the Mount, over and over again-for  an exercise in English. Where, hour after hour Gandhi wrote “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. . . . Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God,” and these words made a profound impression on him.

-The last words on his lips were ‘Hey Ram’ (Oh God).

-Gandhi’s thought process and mode of work has inspired millions of people across the world including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela

Salt March

    

       In the spring of 1930,Gandhi at the age of 61 led the Dandi march from his base  near Ahmedabad to the sea coast near the village of Dandi, where they walked for 390km in 24 days. Also known best as the Salt Satyagraha, a campaign against the British salt tax in colonial India using a non-violent approach, which triggered the wider Civil Disobedience Movement.There, he declared that he would take a pinch of salt from the Indian Ocean, which violated the laws of the Empire that stated only the British can harvest salt.Following with that plan, Gandhi lead thousands on a, "March to the Sea" to symbolically make their own salt from seawater. The British government had a monopoly on salt, controlling both its productuon and distribution, it was then where Gandhi turned to the force of Satyagraha. From a practical point of view, the salt march was was a meaningless gesture, though it had astonishing power in the act in political theatre.

Word Trivia: Satygraha- a synthesis of the Sanskrit words, Satya or truth and Agraha or holding firmly to. But for Gandhi, satygraha went far beyond the general "passive resistance" and became strength in practicing nonviolent methods.

Background, Philosophies and purpose of Various fasts

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or simply known as Gandhi was born on October 2. 1869 to his parents,Karamchand( father) and Putilbai(mother). He was raised in a coastal town called Porbandar,which atthe time was part of the Bombay Presidency In British India; where his father was a man of political power.To be exact, he was a diwan or prime minister of the Probandar state; along with his devout mother who raised Gandhi with the Jain traditions of the reigion. Gandhi's mother Putilbai had a strong spiritual influence on him, as Jain is an Indian religion recommending a path of non-violence towards all living beings and was surrounded by various  philospohical perspectives as his father's friends who were a mixed group that included Musclims,Parsis and Jain's. Gandhi would listen to them as they often debated religious and philosophical matters in the house. At age 13, Gandhi was married to a girl of his age named, Kasturbai or "Ba" shortened used affectionately. Some time in upcoming years, with average grades, he went to pursue law and went to London, England to study at the University College London and train to be a barrister. While in England, Gandhi made a conscious attempt to westernize himself by taking lessons in French, dancing,elocution and the violin, but soon to abandon them. He eventually returned to India , getting news that his mother died; he was devasted like the rest of his family,but would always carry the lessons she placed on him

                                    

"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."

                         -Gandhi