Independence vs Satyagraha - What's the difference?
independence | satyagraha |
The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
The policy of nonviolent resistance as used by during the struggle for Indian independence.
*1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 146:
*:We also discussed whether the campaign should follow the Gandhian principles of non-violence or what the Mahatma called satyagraha , a non-violence that seeks to conquer through conversion.