The Civil Disobedience Movement
When a rogue elephant becomes
violent it does not feel hungry, and consequently it may not eat or even
drink for many days together. In such an abnormal condition, its
overheated brain compels it to break all rules and regulations… and it
even challenges the laws of nature themselves.
You know, those who instigate
others to break rules will always cause bad consequences. Let us take an
example. A prominent leader of India’s struggle for independence
started a civil disobedience movement against the British to attain the
political independence of India. Some people suggest that the aim of
this movement was not to break any rules or disobey the law...The aim
was to snatch independence from the clutches of the forces of darkness.
It was an effort to find the truth… it was satyagraha. However, it makes
no difference what name you call a rose flower, it is still a rose...
Today if people follow in the
footsteps of the past, they will be led to burn buses and trams which
they themselves have purchased…
When people adopt these methods today, it is because the psychology of
the civil disobedience movement of the British time is still working –
in other words satyagraha. However, rational people would not describe
such methods as satyagraha but as duragraha – a hand-tool to destroy the
society.
Nature dislikes disobedience or
the act of breaking the law. As long as legal statutes exist, they must
be obeyed. If they are found to be harmful or stand in the way of the
progress of society, or if they hold back the forward march of humanity
like a serpent entwined around the legs of a person, these statutes
should be ground into the dust and new laws should be enacted and
obeyed. Otherwise, the law of big fish eating little fish will dominate
society, and this will harm the interests of both the individual and the
collective. The civil disobedience movement has left behind a chaotic
imprint on society.
Sarkar
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Didi Annapurna
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