Tuesday 12 May 2015

Have Gandhi's teachings lost relevance!

A man named Ravindra Singh Gandhi was carrying 300,000 Rupees, each currency note having the face of Gandhi. 

Trying to cross a railway crossing, he was hit by a train. He did not die on the spot but fell unconscious. However, his bag was opened because of the massive jerk and the money he was carrying got scattered around.
People around, instead of saving the man, started collecting money. By the time the railway police came and took Gandhi to hospital he was dead.
Read the full story here:Link

The news is shocking and it must make every human stop and ponder if we have lost all humanity!
Gandhi taught unconditional human service. all controversies aside, Gandhi as a human even helped leprosy affected people. He became Mahatma owing to his selfless service of humanity.
Every office in India displays Gandhi's photo.
Every now and then in seminars and workshops or even on national days like Republic Day and Independence Day, on his own birth anniversary on 2 October, we call what Gandhi taught us.
Unfortunately, his teachings remain restricted to a lip service by many. When it comes to translate what he taught us in actions, we so miserably fail.

Is money so important today? Do we care more about material than human? Does human life so cheap that money can undermine it so easily? Have we become ruthless and insensitive? Has the greed and lust for money made us inhuman?

Gandhi's death has left many questions, which, we, as humans, must try to explore the answers of...


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