Gandhi
...is now Gujarat on 2 October 1869. He had his schooling in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser to the local ruler. Though India was then under British rule, many states were allowed self-rule in domestic and internal affairs. Rajkot was one such state. At this time, British imperialism had invaded India. Their bustle of society and their loss of individual connection to culture and values, changed the minds of many Indians, making Indians controllable and useful to the British.
In 1888 Gandhi set sail for England, where he had decided to pursue a degree in law. In London, Gandhi showed determination and single-minded pursuit of his purpose, and accomplished his objective of finishing his degree from the Inner Temple. After one year of a successful law practice, Gandhi decided to accept an offer from an Indian businessman in South Africa, Dada Abdulla, to join him as a legal adviser. The awareness of European racism, and the fact that Indians were far from begins considered as human begins finally confronted Gandhi himself, when he was thrown out of a first-class railway compartment car, though he held a first-class ticket, at Pietermaritzburg. This humiliation inspired change, and from this awakening Gandhi began to emerge as the leader of the Indian community.
Gandhi conceived of his own life as a series of experiments to forge the use of satyagraha in such a manner as to make the oppressor and the oppressed alike recognize their common bonding and humanity: as he recognized, freedom is only freedom when it is indivisible.
In South Africa, he created the term satyagraha, the non-cooperation with the British, to signify his practice of non-violent resistance. Gandhi often described himself as a seeker of satya (truth), attained only through ahimsa (non-violence, love). Gandhi believed that...
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