Gandhi To Mahatma

The development of Gandhi from a well to do Gujarati Bania to one of the most influential personalities of the century is a story of the truimph of the will of man above all. His life was a process of continual self development. He was neither charismatic like Hitler nor did he possess the quick wit and dogged determination of Churchill. He lived a life which failed to prepare him for the challenges that he sought. He could've lived like the typical Bania - avoid confrontation
and attain the desired objective. Yet inspite of his background he didn't hesitate to protest against what he felt was injustice. His beliefs and his need to stand by them were so strong that he didn't mind confrontation from any and all quarters. This created Gandhi and by the strength of his beliefs to which he held on under all sorts of pressures he became the larger than life persona that we identify him with.

The Gandhi who engaged himself in dance classes in Britian was a changed man as a lawyer to a rich trader in South Africa. And even the last vestiges of his Anglicized persona were shed off when he adopted his loincloth garb in India. Slowly he metamorphed into the colossal persona of being Mahatma from Gandhi.

The process of introspecting and improving is usually a part and parcel of every human's life. Yet very few can leverage the true potential of this process and attain optimum results. The Mahatma succeeded because of his adherence to nothing but the absolute truth. No matter how much we introspect we do delude ourselves in looking back upon our actions favourably. Gandhiji had no qualms about accepting the facts as they were and he was a brave man to do that. That along with the sheer will required to bring about the necessary changes sometimes not only in his but also the life of all his near and dear ones was the second reason for him rising to those great heights.

A good deal of marketing, management , brand building etc also went into the creation of Mahatma. We will be discussing all that and more soon.