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D<\/span><\/p>uring Delhi\u2019s last summer, I felt indebted to one man more than anyone else. I still do not know his name, but he delivered a 20-kilo can of water to my room every third or fourth day. He would make the trudge up to my room on the second floor, walking cautiously in the heat to avoid the asses of air conditioners jutting out of holes in walls, whirring through the day like some madness had got to them. All of that with the incredible load on his shoulders, dry throats in the waiting, probably sweating as much as he carried throughout the day. So when I offered him a glass of water he had not asked for, he almost broke into tears. \u201cTeen saal ho gaye sir logon ko paani dete, kabhi kisi ne peene ke liye pucha nahi (I\u2019ve been delivering water cans for the last three years, no one has ever offered me a glass),\u201d he said. <\/span>\n\nIt\u2019s a little hard to believe that something so ordinary was so rare. Especially in Gandhi\u2019s India, where peace, kindness, and tranquility must prevail. And even though a cursory look around will tell you that it doesn\u2019t, I believe it can. We can\u2019t walk the Mahatma\u2019s walks anymore, but we can still carry him in the little things we do \u2013 without making an exhibition of, what I\u2019m certain, will be construed as upper-caste, upper-class generosity toward those bechaare working-class log. <\/span>\n\nHundred and fifty years after he was born, <\/span>Mahatma Gandhi<\/span><\/a> is so entrenched in pop culture that he is punned upon, quoted, misquoted, eulogised, and also dismantled within the same space. He has been plucked out of history enough times to make us forget he had anything to do with its making, or most importantly the making of India. Different people look at Gandhi in different ways. A fair share have their criticisms of him, and rightly so. <\/span>\n\nBut for India\u2019s third generation, its millennials, Gandhi is fast becoming a lost footnote in history. Unless a Netflix show revives his memory or the meme industry adopt him as a category, he might just remain that name you once read about in school, only to forget upon graduation. <\/span>\n\nOf course, he marks his presence on banknotes and is fondly thanked for his role in squeezing a holiday out of a busy, unforgiving year. But what remains crassly overlooked, and perhaps un-learned, is his adaptability into everyday life. That said, how can one fit the Gandhian model to the average Indian millennial? <\/span>\n

Gandhi\u2019s greatest attributes, of course, remain his ability to mobilise, to connect universally.<\/blockquote>\nPerennially rushed, morally ambiguous, and culturally changeable, most young men and women in this country struggle to find a balance between making a loving and making a living. Often these struggles bring out the worst in us. Not discounting what these struggles are worth, they are still only the greatest battles most of us will fight. It goes without saying then that the early-to-bed and early-to-rise <\/span>Gandhian directives<\/span><\/a> are slated for disappointment. <\/span>\n\nBut Gandhi is so much more than that.<\/span>\n\nGandhi is not merely his minimalism, the stripped-down \u201chalf-naked faqir\u201d, eating the bare minimum, and accumulating next to nothing in terms of material wealth \u2013 basically our idea of dystopia. But as with any great piece of art which manifests according to the age it is read or viewed in, Gandhi must also change. <\/span>\n\nSo, the next time your <\/span>Uber<\/span><\/a> driver makes the wrong turn, think before you shout at his human fallibility. The next time your food arrives late, think of the risks your <\/span>delivery man<\/span><\/a> takes on a daily basis to earn his share of the bread. The next time you feel like abusing your boss, think of the many pressures he is under. And the next time you feel like physically assaulting someone whether it is on the road or in a bar think what violence or aggression really accomplishes. Not even the greatest of wars ever resolved an argument. <\/span>\n\nUnder these casual and ordinary gestures the proprietary element that has been drained out of the heart of this country is patience. <\/span>\n\nWhether it is in queues or with life in general, India hates to wait. And in the not-waiting line, the most angry and impatient are its young ones. It\u2019s us. Accustomed to flashy internet speeds, food-on-the-go, and a life that literally translates between rooms and types of unnatural air, their fuse is incredibly short and readily flammable. What is worse is the way we can turn privilege into a human order of some kind, using the know-how of apps, the glitter of stylised clothing, or the garb of language to suffocate those who feel intimidated by it. <\/span>\n\nGandhi\u2019s greatest attributes, of course, remain his ability to mobilise, to connect universally. But for that, he shed not only the clothes of an aristocratic education, but also the ego and pride that came with knowledge. The least Indian youngsters could do, is adopt humility, patience, and kindness as a way of living. Not necessarily offer the other cheek for a slap, but not raise the hand either. <\/span>\n\nIt doesn\u2019t have to be monumental. It doesn\u2019t have to be for a million people. Do it for the next person you meet.<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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