#Relevance of Gandhism vis-à-vis Taliban's oppression, unrest and barbarism#
#Relevance of Gandhism vis-à-vis Taliban's oppression, unrest and barbarism# -------- In this hour of crisis in Afghanistan, no one could have imagined that Gandhiji and his path of non-violent protest could ever be relevant. The Taliban's procession has started carving its space in the news for the last few days. But falling of the main cities of Afghanistan and eventually the capital Kabul under the control of Taliban in such easy way was unimaginable a few days ago. The Afghan army and administration surrendered to the Taliban without fight. The President fled the country while taking measures for his own security and leaving his people in despair. Images of people rushing to leave the capital, eager to make some way in the plane and the human body falling from the flying plane is enough to give glimpse of anarchy in the city and panic in the mind of a common man at the moment. Keeping in view the past records, there is no need to explain the brut...