“runner up Person of The 20th Century” and the B.B.C. has voted him as the “Man of The Millennium.” Gandhi deeply affected the society and his followers. His concept of nonviolent resistance liberated one nation and sped the end of colonial empires around the world. His marches and fasts fired the imagination of oppressed people everywhere. Millions sought freedom and justice under The Mahatma’s guiding light. He shone and still shines as a conscience for the world. He proclaimed the power of love, peace and freedom. PERSONAL OPINION: Personally, I am amazed by the astonishing personal revolution by which a simple, inarticulate man transformed himself into THE MAHATMA, who ushered the British Empire out of India without firing a shot. In an age of Empire and Military Might, he proved that the powerless had power and that force of arms would not forever prevail against force of spirit. “The light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere and I do not quite know what to tell you and how to say it. Our beloved leader, BAPU, as we call him, the Father of our Nation, is no more. Perhaps I am wrong to say that. Nevertheless, we will not see him again as we have seen him these many years. We will not run to him and seek solace from him, and that is a terrible blow not to me only but to millions and millions in this country. And it is difficult to soften the blow by any advice that I or anyone else can give you. The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light…and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country, and the world will see it… For that light represented the living truth…”. ...
