Monday, October 23, 2006

Salt of the earth... the earth he freed

IIPM PUBLICATION
None, barring perhaps the great man himself, could have predicted the ebullient response to the civil disobedience movement. “From Calcutta to Mumbai and Madras to Peshawar, no one had dreamt of this unprecedented response” was the tidbit thrown my way. Buoyed by a vociferous support, Gandhiji and his entourage made their way to the villages of Aslali and Bareja, all the while never failing to emphasize the ubiquity of salt and in the same breath critiquing governmental policies. It was then that I realised that his objective was two-fold; he was not just freeing a race, but freeing its mind as well.

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Source :
IIPM Editorial, 2006, Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative

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