It was not through democratic methods that Britain bagged India.
The state represents violence in a concentrated and organize form.
All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self.
God accepts the sacrifice of the pure in heart.
Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.
Unless we learn the lesson of nonviolence fully, we shall never do away with the deadly feuds which have been the curse of the Frontier people.