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The nation never took Gandhi ji seriously. After Independence, none of his major thoughts-basic education, social justice through decentralization and empowerment of the peasantry with gram swarajya ,were taken up entirely. Most of the people in India know that Gandhiji had four sons, but no body can notify their names. Why? Because Gandhiji was not the father of only four sons he was the father of nation. In the present day this generation talks all vague and erroneous construal about him. That's not astounding. The generation, which has not seen Gandhi ji, can natter with all the immoral annotations. Talking about Gandhi's inheritance we can segregate it into two major categories. He was known for his moral, spiritual and political ideas. What ever he thought was not followed completely. He gave his Political inheritance to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and showed him the way of Socialism, socialism in India. He dreamt of Gram Swaraj, seven beautiful systems of Panchatyat and social justice to decentralization. Gandhi understood the divisive nature of the Indian society and devised a notion of composite identity, which could be transferred to modern political structures. He said about himself that" I am an old Socialist". But what went wrong. It was Nehru who was very much involved towards Russian socialism and brought 5 year Plan in India and adopted that Socialism, not Gandhi's Socialism, but Russian Socialism. It is accepted and could be seen very clearly, that preliminary point of Indian economic planning was wrong. Unfortunately, the process of industrialization was not rooted in Indian conditions. A large part of the modern industry, which left millions untouched, came up based on western parameters,'' Stating the ''totality of society'' was Gandhi's main concern, the Nehruvian says that as the country moved ahead with economic reforms and technology, it was important to carry along the vast hinterland of agriculture, artisans and inter-mediate technology. The nation bears little resemblance to Gandhiji's vision of it. The swadeshi mantra, which inspired the freedom struggle, has been all but dumped, the nation-state born out of non-violence now boasts of weapons of mass destruction, and politics is more a means for self-service than for the nation. Yes, all of Gandhi's ideas seem to have been lost in a warren. While the Congress under Jawaharlal Nehru took a different path from what Gandhi advocated, Gandhian institutions and thinkers were also to blame for the loss of his legacy. Gandhi was a human being and he wanted to be treated like one. He was not infallible. He would often say, ''I am earthly and of the earth.'' While Gandhi was constantly evolving, his followers failed to do so. On the other surface, when we witness Gandhi's moral and spiritual inheritance, Vinobha Bhave and Jayprakash Narayan could be seen standing like an immense supporting pillar of Gandhi's Sarvodaya. He regarded the power of the people superior than power of the state. When Vinobha Bhave met Gandhi ji his course of life was changed. His involvement with Gandhiji's constructive programmes related to Khadi, village industries, new education, sanitation and hygiene also kept on increasing. In 1940 he was chosen by Gandhi to be the first Individual Satyagrahi (an Individual standing up for Truth instead of a collective action) against the British rule. Who can forget the great example of Sarvodaya of the chambal dacoit surrender? The way, what Acharya Vinobha Bhave in 1961 and Jayaprakash Narayan in 1973 adopted, secured the surrender of a large number of Chambal Valley dacoits in Madhya Pradesh.Death of Vinobha bhave and Jayprakash wrecked up the soul of Sarvodaya and Gandhi's thoughts. A new generation was ahead which had never seen Gandhi. Every one simply says about the partition. Gandhi and Gaffar Khan opposed the partition of India upto the last second. You know what Gandhi told the leaders including Pandit Nehru and Sardar Patel? They had said, everywhere violence was taking place. Gandhi observed. "I don't take pride in my faith. I do not think that there is a greater devotee of non-violence than myself. But mine is the non-violence of the brave and not of the cowards." He said: " I am committed to non-violence. I am against civil war, I am against fratricidal war, I am against Hindu-Muslim riots, but the blood while taking crucial decisions does not frighten me… I have a feeling of compassion." When the final decision of the partition of India was to be taken by the Congress Working Committee, Gandhi said: " I think I should leave", and the President said: " I think there is no sense in asking Gandhi not to leave. At least his views are well known. He does not share our perception." Gandhi had said: "There is still one more opportunity for a struggle. Be prepared to fight. In 1942 you gave me the authority to lead the struggle. I gave the call to the British to quit India and then I called upon the people to do or die. This old man has still the capacity to do or die. Please stand erect and be prepared for one more struggle. We shall retain free India as a united nation. But probably you have lost the will to fight. You may go your own way." And during the musings, before his prayer, once he said:" This old man is of no use to them. Oh! God pick me up as early as possible", Gandhi was assassinated. Gandhi is dead but his courage and compassion, the values for which he lived, will never be erased. Gandhi can never be irrelevant. So long as freedom of the individual, gender equality, social justice, tolerance towards all and clean politics are the goals of any society, Gandhi would continue to be relevant.

JAY BHOJPURI

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