Gandhi, Ganga, Giriraj

Gandhi, Ganga, Giriraj Gandhi, the Mahatma, one of the towering figures of the Twentieth century fighting for the cause of the downtrodden, exercised a tremendous moral force among his friends and foes alike. Albert Einstein, paying tribute to Gandhiji, very aptly remarked: "The moral influence which Gandhi has exercised upon thinking people may be far more durable than would appear likely in our present age, with its exaggeration of brute force. We are fortunate and grateful that fate has bestowed upon us so luminous a contemporary, a beacon to generations to come." In the post-Gandhian era, the Gandhian spirit has percolated among different sections of humanity in all corners of the globe. The deeds, ideals and political legacy of this extraordinary man and his role in history continue to arouse unflagging interest. Martin Luther King Jr. in the United States and Nelson Mandela in South Africa present shining examples of the distillation of Gandhian spirit guiding the humanity at large in attempting to rectify the excesses and distortions seeped into the contemporary socio-economic and political order.