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Dynamism thriving till date -
Mahatma Gandhi!
Prachi Dhanvant Shah
A Perennial
"In a gentle way, you can shake the world" - An avowal once acclaimed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. And he pursued his words, by shaking the world for good in his own gentle and peaceful manner! When you turn the page in history, the capitative era of Gandhi's movements and ovations would certainly not flee your glance. Not just his movements being a freedom fighter, but Gandhi's intense charisma being a great philosopher, thinker, pragmatists has indeed made him a legendary Mahatma, signifying a role model to many around the world. The word "Mahatma" is an entitle personified to someone who remains alive even after his physical demise. I would say he is a man of immortal ideas and not just his mortal cells. With his enduring perceptions and allure, he is yet alive in people's heart, memories and will thrive in souls to eternity.
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How uncertain would you be to acclaim that Mahatma Gandhi traveled miles and cruised all around the world when I would say I am certain he did so. He traveled across the world by reaching out to people's heart through his mesmerizing appeal, persona, and acumen, and so did he visit the USA.
A soul that embarks impression even after it's physical absenteeism, a soul that is animate to perpetuity. The title Mahatma was first bequeathed by Shri Rabindranath Tagore in the 17th Century and would flourish to centuries and immensity. The term "Mahatma" interprets the fact as Maha- "Great" & Atma - "Soul" which irrefutably pertain to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi, besides just being cardinal thriving in our hearts and minds, it's aura is enthralled in the form of bounteous monuments all around the USA. The most captivating fact and memorial being Gandhi Shrine sustained in the midst of Lake Shrine - a self-realization fellowship located in California, USA. This captivating and enthralling architecture was founded by Paramahansa Yogananda. Gandhi Shrine was structured in honor of Mahatma Gandhi reflecting values of Gandhi philosophy and teachings. The allure of this shrine is it sheaths a portion of Gandhi's ashes captivated in a thousand-year-old stone from China namely sarcophagus. These ashes were sent by a journalist and publisher Dr. Nawle from Pune, India to Yogananda, પણ જીવનઃ ગાંઘી સાર્ધશતાબ્દી વિશેષાંક ઑક્ટોબર- ૨૦૧૮
If this subjects to his mortal physical body, then the interpretation would be NO! Mahatma Gandhi never marched on the streets of USA physically but he marched and persuaded over many hearts and minds. His persona influenced many personals in the USA. Just to name a few, which you might be aware of, but not just as history reveals about the impact of Mahatma Gandhi on revolutionary Martin Luther King Jr and great American scientist Albert Einstein, but allow me to enlist few more. Dr.Holmes - who acknowledged Gandhi as 'Christ of Today', American Gandhi-Bernie Meyerwho was strongly inveigled by Gandhi's philosophy of peace and nonviolence and carried out many peace marches across the world. Dermot Butterly, who in 2008 dressed સત્ય-અહિંસા-અપરિગ્રહ
like Gandhiji and marched across the USA with the motives of influencing Gandhi's inspirational persona around the USA. John Lennon a famous American musician who extolled his music swayed by Gandhiji's philosophy. The famous US Politician Bernie Sanders exclaimed once that Gandhi is a great inspiration to civil rights activities and not to forget former President of USA Barak Obama who is staunchly inspired by Gandhiji, and at the UN General Assembly in NY said, - "It's time to heed the words of Gandhi: 'Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit." The list might go on and never end but the closure is to depict the substantiality of Gandhiji being thriving till date, Gandhiji an immortal Mahatma!
