The recent Anna movement has opened a pandora of alternatives for fighting justice. From time immemorial people have been fighting for justice.
Mahatma Gandhi fought a long battle against the British. His way of protest was based on non-violence utilizing the concept of Satyagraha. The Vedic concept of Satyagraha consists of satya, ahimsa and tapasya. ‘Satya’ implies openness, honesty and truthfulness involving the opinion of every person as a part of the truth. ‘Ahimsa’ refers to non-violence and treats the opponents with the same love as that of our own and ‘Tapasya’ is willingness to sacrifice. A Satyagrahi always provide a face saving way out for the opponents. The goal of a Satyagraha is to fight for the truth and justice and not to achieve victory over the opponents. Mahatma Gandhi defined Satyagraha as ‘satya’ means truth and ‘agraha’ means firmness. He said that if you are firm in the truth in the long run you are going to win.
During Gandhian times many others showed their way of protest. Rajguru, Chandrashekhar and Bhagat Singh took the path of violence and killed General Dyer. Most of the Indian movies including Rang De Basanti took inspiration from them. Jinnah way of protest was aimed in dividing the country and get Pakistan and Ambedkar’s way of protest was to get reservation for the backward people. Krishna way of protest was to hide himself, “rooth jana or to pretend as if he was upset” Strike is a modernized version of Satyagraha...................................more
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