What Gandhi has Taught the World




I found a news article about one of the most well-known act that Gandhi has done to fight for India's rights.

 In the years that Gandhi has helped India fight for independence, he has used some strategies that many people globally should learn today. In 1930, when the British decided to tax the Indians for salt and announced that making, collecting and selling salt was illegal, it affected all of the Indian people and Gandhi decided to take action against this unnecessary and cruel act. 

 Gandhi gathered a group of people who also disagreed on the British government's decision and began to march and protest from Western India to Dandi, where they would make salt out of saltwater. They protested in a non-violent way, which means that killing, fighting or any other violent acts were not involved. They marched across India, slowly gathering up more people to protest with them and soon they were an unarmed army of thousands of people.

 As they reached the Dandi, they were met by fierce British police who decided to put up with a fight. With one command at hand, Indian police rushed forward and started pinning down the protestors one by one, but the protestors remained still and didn't fight back; non-violent protestors would not fend themselves even if it meant injuries or even death. The protestants were falling down like dominoes but no one moved a muscle.

 A lot of human rights were violated in this historical protest. 

 It goes against the right that everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security of person. All the people who participated in this non-violent protest, had the right to live and protection. But instead they were mercilessly killed by the police for a reason that they were not to be ashamed of, where they lost their right to no one should be subjected to torture, cruel and degrading treatment. They had the right to voice out their opinions, in which they did without harming anyone, but lost it just as easily as they got it.

 I think that what Gandhi did was right, he chose to take action to what he believed was wrong. I think that many people these days should start seeing him as someone to look up to, someone who can teach them things for their own good. 

 News Article (Newsela) 

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