Forming ‘Shanti Seva Dals’

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Forming ‘Shanti Seva Dals’

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The flurry of hatredness

On the ground of

Religion, caste, Language,

Called as riots,

Flayed by bigots  

Always causes crimes, 

And organized violence,

Killing of innocent persons,

Whether one has enemy or not,

Though one refuses to make an enemy.

This is the essence of

The bullets hit on M.K. Gandhi,

Our national leader who

Refused to make an ‘enemy’ and

To his last breath Gandhi’s answer to this question was an unwavering ‘yes’.

Today, most young people view 

Gandhi’s confidence in non-violence 

As at best a well- meaning pipe dream, 

and, at worst, a delusional state of mind. 

In such flurry of hatredness

There is necessity of

Forming ‘Shanti Seva Dals’, 

An idea that Gandhi had often spoken. 

 

A Shanti Seva Dal is not intended,

 To be a police force or 

A body of volunteers

That has to run around 

Suppressing riots and disturbances. 

Such a ‘Dal’ is always required 

To be at work creating 

An atmosphere of peace and goodwill 

So that communal riots and 

Disturbances may not occur at all,

And if they unfortunately do occur, 

Seva Dal would throw itself 

Between the fighting forces and 

Prevent or at any rate reduce 

The intensity of the clashes. 

This concept is developed 

By European and American pacifists 

Through out the early 20th century. 

Shanti Sena is to

Make a very natural beginning, 

Mix with the people there,

Make friends with them. 

And keep Interest in their joys and sorrows. Moving among the people 

Is the initial stage before Shanti Sena

And the rest will follow automatically.

To do Shanti Sena,

it requires the faith that 

Everyone can be enabled to be freed 

From the toxicity of hate

And it would be perfect tribute

To our father of the nation,

Mahatma Gandhi

On his 75th death anniversary.