Martyrs Day 2014 On this day in 1948 Gandhi ji was shot from a point blank range by Nathuram Godse just after the Friday prayer meeting in Delhi. This day is observed as Martyrs Day. That was the end of the physical body and not the end of his universal teaching of love and non-violence; in fact that the beginning of a storm to sweep off the wrong doings, eradicate illiteracy, social inequality, oppression of he rich and to usher freedom across the world. Gandhi has influenced millions across all the continents by his principles of non-violence, peace, brotherhood, love and forgiveness. Late Nelson Mandela, Desmund Tutu, Martin Luther King jr and many world leaders are his followers. Barack Obama, the US President, is a great admirer of Gandhi. On his birth Centenary in 1969 late Frank Moraes, the editor of Indian Express, in the Spotlight of All India Radio had said, After Jesus in the world history and Buddha in Indian history comes Mahatma Gandhi for his principles of non-violence and peace.... Frank Moraes was right. Gandhi was a phenomenon. He shall never die, no bullet can pierce him, no fire can burn him and no flood can drown him. The light he has lit shall burn ever brighter. On this Martyrs Day let us pray for peace and non-violence to prevail and our world be prosperous and war-free. May human values soar high!! Martyrs Day -- frail Gandhi fell to bullets to live for ever
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 05:29:57 +0000
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