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Prakriti Foundation Gandhi – is for every Indian a symbol of what being Indian means. From childhood through school and through ones parents the idea of Gandhi permeates every Indians life. This is also true in the way rural India co-opts and assimilates Gandhi, in the many ways in their lives, economics and politics. However, post Independence India has negotiated its Gandhi legacy in many ways. Many committed activists have taken up his philosophy and worked their lives around that from Baba Amte to Anna Hazare to Medha Patkar. Quiet Gandhians villages confine themselves to work in cities and making a difference in the ‘Bapu’ way. Less younger people are subscribing to Gandhian philosophy and in our current globalised time Nehruvian socialism seems to have catapulted to complete capitalism as the credo of the moment. It is here that we feel re-looking at Gandhi, his life, philosophy, sacrifices the role he played in making India what she is and continues to play as we are shaped in the coming century is extremely exciting. Said to be one of the greatest men on Earth in recent history he has inspired many world leaders and while he transformed our nation and continues to do so in subliminal subtexts of Gandhian tradition, it is time to ask how do we internalize ‘Gandhi’ – to move ahead in the new world order as individuals, the community and a country on another cusp of history.
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