Gandhi's struggle in South Africa and its Contemporary Relevance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Mahatma Gandhi is not of and age but for all ages. Gandhi was a man of education with character. He visited South Africa thrice and spent twenty one years there. The most of the making up of his personality and principles has taken place in South Africa. The struggles he faced and the way he was involved to deal with them prove to be of immense value in the contemporary situation. In his three visitas to South Africa M.K.Gandhi had to deal with different types of struggles centered around human discrimination, deprivation of human rights and disrespectful and insulting treatment to human beings which was very detrimental to peace and universal brotherhood. During the first visit and stay he had to face bitter experience due to colour prejudice and disrespectful treatment to indian e.g. pushing away from the train no seat inside the carriage, about dress-code and walking on foot-path. Even he had to deal with the issue of the legislative council. During his second visit he faced false allegations,attacks by youngsters and insulting treatment by a South African barber. During his 3rd visit he mainly dealt with the issues of registration of India's and cancellation of Indian marriages. He dealt with all these issues with practical understanding, prudence, persuasion, Satyagraha and asserting human approach.Today's world is dominated by technology and progressing towards globalization, aiming to bring the whole world together. But human discrimination, deprivation of human rights, minority issues, and destructive activities still exist . These need to be dealt with the way ivolved out of Gandhi's experience in South Africa- Love; truth and Non-violence . So there will be world peace and universal brotherhood so Gandhi's South Africa experience provides a frame of reference to the contemporary world. Here’s a refined and polished version of your abstract with improved grammar, flow, and academic tone while keeping your original ideas intact.
Authors: Chavan, Vishranti Jambivant, Desai, Madhura Babasaheb
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7101798117
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