http://www.theindiansabroad.com/2009/10/simple-but-useful-life-lessons-from-gandhi/ Overseas Living: NRIs & India abroad Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theindiansabroad.com/2009/10/simple-but-useful-life-lessons-from-gandhi/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Vanamali Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:18:29 +0000 http://www.theindiansabroad.com/?p=2973#comment-850 I hold the Mahatma in the highest regard - I admire him greatly. I do differ on one of his lessons - lesson 7 about being a minimalist. Gandhi was born in a different time, and that shaped his views. But one should spend if one has the money. Never overdo anything, but there is nothing wrong with buying something that you may not need but you might like. Today millions of chinese and Indians are being lifted out of poverty because of the american consumer. Billions of aid money has been poured into africa without making much of a difference. What they need are jobs - factories making goods. But to make these factories successful one needs buyers. Today a car or a motorbike is deemed essential - back in Gandhi's day these were deemed extravaganzas. I hold the Mahatma in the highest regard – I admire him greatly. I do differ on one of his lessons – lesson 7 about being a minimalist. Gandhi was born in a different time, and that shaped his views. But one should spend if one has the money. Never overdo anything, but there is nothing wrong with buying something that you may not need but you might like. Today millions of chinese and Indians are being lifted out of poverty because of the american consumer. Billions of aid money has been poured into africa without making much of a difference. What they need are jobs – factories making goods. But to make these factories successful one needs buyers. Today a car or a motorbike is deemed essential – back in Gandhi’s day these were deemed extravaganzas.

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