During his stint as a barrister in South Africa, Mahatma Gandhi discovered the power of football in uniting the masses. He set up clubs in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg and helped bring people together in a country shrouded in deep racial oppression.
“If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.”
This profound piece of wisdom comes from the ancient Greek philosopher and playwright Sophocles. And only few people over the course of history have epitomised this belief more than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi whose indomitable perseverance to free his country from its British masters played a critical role in India gaining a right to self governance.
Mahatma Gandhi’s stringent policy of non-violence inspired millions of people around the globe to choose passive resistance over assertive defiance in their fight against injustice.