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Gandhi's Loincloth Even a small incident may alter a man's entire course of life. This is well illustrated by the episode in which Mahatma Gandhi decided to give up a formal dress.
After his return from South Africa, Gandhi decided to travel through all parts of India to acquaint himself with the living conditions of his countrymen. During his travel he came to a village where a poor lady came to see him. Her dress was so badly torn and dirty that Gandhi thought that she must be too lazy to wash and patch her clothes Gandhi scolded her, saying, "you must not wear such dirty cloths. Why don't you wash them? You must cultivate personal cleanliness and learn good hygiene." The woman did not utter a word for a while. At last, she gathered her courage and said, “It is not my fault that I am not dressed decently. I do not have any rag other then what I am wearing now. How can I take this off to wash it in the river with all the other bathers around me?"
Gandhi had never come across any instance of such extreme poverty before. He resolved then and there to give up dressing formally and took to wearing only a loincloth. A little incident led to a momentous change!
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