Today I have to finish a 2,500 word essay. It will almost certainly be incredibly sunny outside all day and by way of alternative to making use of such excellent weather; I will be cooped up inside the library pretending that the weather is as miserable as I am.
For those of you that are interested, however, I'm doing the essay on Gandhi. Amongst other things, Gandhi was an incredible leader of men. It's actually a bit of a shame that more people don't understand his work or what he did. He used a concept from Hindu/Jain teachings called Satyagraha. Satyagraha was Gadhi's means of nonviolent protest; it's very similar to 'turn the other cheek' from the Bible.
This was most clear during the Great Salt March; in which he protested against taxation on salt. Having walked 241 miles in 24 days (aged 61!) he walked into the sea, collected some salt from a wave, breaking the law as he did so. Then his followers, initially approximately 70 but as the march went on grew to tens of thousands, followed him and did the same. They then took a beating from the British authorities but refused to fight back.
Sorry for the history lesson; blogs will return to normal as of tomorrow.
