"Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara"...this is the title of a Hindi feature film that was released in the year 2005. The film covers a wide range of emotions in its story and describes from start to end how a person is trapped in his own delusion of having killed Gandhi ji. As the film moves towards a hopeful end, the one thing that touched my soul was the truth lying behind the role and dialogues that Anupam Kher had delivered.
More than a hundred films in different languages have been made with Gandhi ji as the soul of the story and more often than not the core offerings of all such films are for the audience to understand how powerful “non-violence” is, how easy it is to stay “truthful”, how wonderful are the consequences of having “patience”. And with almost every such film, the closing line is very similar to one another with a disappointing note that ‘the country Gandhi ji dreamt of is getting more corrupt by each day’.
But wait, there is some good news left…
*The women of our country have become more and more self-sufficient.
*The men of our country have radically improved their inclination towards family and emotional aspects.
*More and more people are resorting to vegetarianism.
*People with a high and influential social stature are taking to causes that are most basic and are determined to make differences.
There are a lot of statistics that can be put together to show the fact that our country and countrymen are not as terrible and bad as they sound. There lies deep within a lot of us (if not all) sincerity, devotion and true childlike instinct for our motherland, which can be seen in our small little day-to-day acts. There is a certain genuine belief and action displayed by us from time-to-time that sums up towards a constantly developing country and not to forget helps in avoiding uncontrollable disasters. I agree that it’s not all that good, but trust me it’s not all that bad too! With the implementation of Gandhi Ji’s virtues in my very own life, without much preaching… I can proudly say that “Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara”…He still continues to live in every genuine person and believer of Karma!
Satyamev Jayate!
Niru
More than a hundred films in different languages have been made with Gandhi ji as the soul of the story and more often than not the core offerings of all such films are for the audience to understand how powerful “non-violence” is, how easy it is to stay “truthful”, how wonderful are the consequences of having “patience”. And with almost every such film, the closing line is very similar to one another with a disappointing note that ‘the country Gandhi ji dreamt of is getting more corrupt by each day’.
But wait, there is some good news left…
*The women of our country have become more and more self-sufficient.
*The men of our country have radically improved their inclination towards family and emotional aspects.
*More and more people are resorting to vegetarianism.
*People with a high and influential social stature are taking to causes that are most basic and are determined to make differences.
There are a lot of statistics that can be put together to show the fact that our country and countrymen are not as terrible and bad as they sound. There lies deep within a lot of us (if not all) sincerity, devotion and true childlike instinct for our motherland, which can be seen in our small little day-to-day acts. There is a certain genuine belief and action displayed by us from time-to-time that sums up towards a constantly developing country and not to forget helps in avoiding uncontrollable disasters. I agree that it’s not all that good, but trust me it’s not all that bad too! With the implementation of Gandhi Ji’s virtues in my very own life, without much preaching… I can proudly say that “Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara”…He still continues to live in every genuine person and believer of Karma!
Satyamev Jayate!
Niru
