Gandhi -The Father of the Nation

Gandhi was neither a discoverer or an inventor but, in my opinion, he was the re-discoverer of Modern india. He infact pioneered growth of our country.

MOHANDAS Karamchand Gandhi (known as Mahatma or "Great-souled" Gandhi) is noted as one of the strongest symbols of non-violence in the 20th Century.

He was a thinker, a philosopher, an astute statesman and a man of action. His thoughts and words remain remarkably fresh and relevant to a new generation driven to cynicism and despair by the chaos and utter immorality that marks contemporary politics.

Mahatma Gandhi was unquestionably a great man, both in personal force and in political effect. He moulded the character of the struggle for freedom in India, and impressed his own ideals upon the new governing class that came into power when the English went home. There is, at the present day, a general awakening throughout Asia, but the spirit and policy of India, thanks largely to Gandhi, remains very different from that of any other Asiatic country.
Gandhi, like some other great men, developed slowly: Quite extraordinary psychological acumen would have been necessary to discern his future in the shy youth who studied law, first in India and then in England. His autobiography contains a picture of him as he was in his early days in England, and there is nothing in it to suggest the future loincloth; on the contrary, his costume is faultlessly correct and would pass inspection by the "Tailor and Cutter" without any criticism.

Albert Einstein's famous tribute to him that "generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this in flesh and blood ever walked upon this earth" does not seem extravagant.

Useful links:-

http://www.indianchild.com/mahatma_gandhi.htm -To read biography of Mahatma gandhi

http://web.mahatma.org.in/ - The Official Mahatma Gandhi eArchive & Reference Library

http://www.kamat.com/mmgandhi/ -A Collection of the views, ideals, life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi in multiplemedia.

http://web.mahatma.org.in/books/showbook.jsp?book=bg0001&link=bg&id=1&lang=en&cat=books - The electronic version of Mahatma's Autobiography