Integrity is an act in which the individual in action as well as the individual or individuals related or affected by that action are left whole and complete by that action.
The action regardless of, how painful or arduous it could be, leaves one inspired and motivated to create.
It was during the struggle for India’s freedom from the British when Gandhiji, in 1930 participated in salt satyagraha. Gathering his followers, they walked protesting for unfair taxes imposed on salt by the British. In his book “Leading Minds: An Anatomy Of Leadership” Howard E. Gardner quotes Webb Miller, a United Press Reporter, “There was no fight, no struggle; the marchers simply walked forward till struck down. The police commenced to savagely kick the seated men in the abdomen and testicles and dragged them by their arms and feet and threw them into the ditches… Hour after an hour stretcher-bearers carried a stream of inert bleeding bodies…” The ruthless actions of the police continued for almost six hours. But that afternoon the ahimsa followers did not fizz out. Everybody protesting believed in non-violence, and none raised their hand against the forces. This simple act drew worldwide attention. In the face of Integrity, that day a part of India’s freedom was created. And not just any freedom, but a freedom through non-violence, a concept otherwise absent to the British then.
In the face of Integrity, that day a part of India’s freedom was created. And not just any freedom, but a freedom through non-violence...
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