Pairokar

                        Extension of lockdown till 3 rd  May was not unexpected yet some miscreants are out to provoke innocent people at some places to discredit the government.  They need to be sternly dealt with. Having said so, it was also expected that the Prime Minister would make certain announcements regarding relaxation to small industrial and business activities. It is now presumed that it has been left to the state governments to firstly take stock of the situation and decide about the appropriate action while strictly complying with the lockdown.   There is no doubt that the governments have been making arrangements for the free food and shelter to a large number of poor people but that is not only inadequate but demeaning as well. Living on free foods is against self-respect and human dignity. In fact, it is like a war between ' life versus life'. We can certainly save the lives of the people by strict observance of the lockdown but how can we save the lives

   All of us have read many articles, essays and even books on the life history of Mahatma Gandhi.  His autobiography “my experiment with truth” has been one of the most popular books not only in India but throughout the world. Mahatma Gandhi himself has written that he was a ‘very timid and shy person’ in the early days of his life. One hardly finds any outstanding quality in him in his younger days. But as they say, patience and perseverance can even shake the mountains. This was more or less true about Mahatma Gandhi.  His resolve and determination have always been very unique and inimitable.       He left Indian shores, at the age of 18, for England to study law and came back to his country exactly after four years with an enviable degree of Barrister at Law. He had still not completed his 22 years of age when he started his legal practice at Rajkot, but it was no less than a disaster for him because nobody was ready to engage him for two reasons. Firstly, nobody wanted to give