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Gandhi Jayanti 2025: Do India’s youth still regard Gandhian values? Here’s a slice from Pune
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The Indian Express
Written by Viraj ParanjapeEvery Gandhi Jayanti, the nation revisits the man who led India’s freedom struggle armed not with weapons, but with truth and non-violence.
His message on Gandhi Jayanti is simple: “Read and understand his philosophy, but accept that times have changed.”Story continues below this adShreyasi Sevekari, a 21-year-old law student, connects with Gandhi through her legal training.
In today’s world, truth itself is relative,” she remarks.
His Gandhi Jayanti message: “India’s youth are a spectrum of colours.
Keep that integrity alive through humanity and equality.”For India’s young, then, Mahatma Gandhi is a figure of contradictions – revered, critiqued, reimagined.