Relevance of Gandhian Philosophy in contemporary India

It won’t be an exaggeration to state that, mere mentioning of Gandhi as a seer and saint  imbues our mind with devout feelings for truth and non violence and had not there been his emergence on nationalist firmament ;we would have been still under thralldom of British empire .Credit redounds to him that he espoused and championed patriotic cause of millions of Indians by donning the visage of a mendicant .British regime had a nightmarish experience with him as their very array of coercive and persecutionary policy was negated by his lethal weapon of passive resistance .He seemed to hound them after life and death by his sheer doggedly defiance and inflammatory speeches which made the Indians to burst in frenzy of nationalistic orgy. They were awed by his clarion call which brought his adherents on streets and propelled them to make supreme sacrifice for the country. Through his own utopian thoughts and sheer simplicity he goaded the masses to harbour in their heart love for motherland .He urged his followers to overcome their parochial thoughts by jettisoning ignorance, bigotry and feeling of animosity .He had no personal grudges against Britishers but he was dead against their divisive and exploitative policies ;which left our prosperous country desolate and disheveled .He  stoutly stood against Muslim appeasement, when nefarious designs were made to carve out separate electorate for them .Being a seasoned political entity he knew well that once the genie of communalism is let loose ;it will engulf entire nation in worst communal conflagration .Who can be oblivious of the fact that he even jeopardized his life by observing indefinite fasting and by visiting those riot affected crimson areas which had been made rivulets of blood .Such philanthropic and altruist gesture of Gandhi  miraculously succeeded in taming the tide of fanaticism and ultimately restored normalcy .Though he could not avert the division of the country, but made communal  harmony bedrock and bulwark of our nation. It is true that Nathuram Godse, a Hindu fanatic and hard core detractor silenced his stentorian voice by hailing bullets on him but, it could not deter his spirit .Though his mortal coils were consigned to flames but he arose like a phoenix and became beacon of light for his countrymen .At present when fissiparous tendencies unleashed by foreign mercenaries have reared their heads and communal cauldron has been set on fire in wake of parliamentarian election with anointment of tainted leaders such as Modi  as would be prime ministerial candidate; it is only Gandhian gospel of love and non violence which can bind the country in crystal of unbreakable bond of unity. I solemnly invoke Gandhian spirit at this critical juncture to become presiding deity of conscience of our scores of sordid politicians; who are otherwise not at all reluctant to wade through pool of blood and slaughter in order to ensure their accession to the throne! Let us be a votary of Gandhian values and strengthen the voice of humanity!