E-Book - Mahatma Gandhi

229 Contextualising Gandhian ThoughtGandhi, therefore, made the deliberate claim that histheory of trusteeship was no makeshift, or camouflage. He wassure that it would survive even when other theories wereproved wanting, and discarded.That non-violence has not been used in the past toachieve such a revolution is no reason to hold that it cannothappen in the future. Humanity is in fact beginning to see thefutility and the self-defeating and suicidal nature of violence.Experience has made it imperative to look for an alternative.The Gandhian theory of trusteeship is undoubtedly analternative that merits examination. It may well turn out to bewhat humanity is looking for.References