As we celebrate 156 years of his birth, the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi seems not just the saga of a political leader or the chronicle of India’s freedom struggle but a larger moral journey - a crusade for justice.

Gandhi’s values, his methods, and the freedom movement he inspired were all shaped by one central idea: the pursuit of justice, not just for Indians against colonial rule, but for all of humanity against oppression of all types.

The idea of justice was unquestionably at the core of the Mahatma’s life. For him, Swaraj (self-rule) was incomplete without Sarvodaya (welfare of all). His struggle was not merely for a transfer of power from British to Indian hands but to create a just, dignified existence for every human being.

Linking justice to non-violence, truth an

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