I remember the time when I had taken part in an elocution competition in my school, I was quite good at public speakingand stuff like that but that was my first Gandhiji based speechand I had got some material from the net and then added my ownmatter to it. I spend at least a week trying to memorize the speech while I stood in front of the mirror or while I was in the toilet and even during my classes. It was a mix masala of Satyagraha, non-violence, determination, courage and all that Gandhi stuff. What became of me at the competition? ...I was a total flop. I was totally nervous with my knees shivering and knocking against each other, I forgot the lines in betweenand by the time I was finished, the way I was dripping from head to toe in sweat, the Niagara Falls would have seemed small in front of me.

By now you must be thinking that maybe I'm writing about theworst moment of my life or something however I'd like to assure youthat I was fortunate enough to have experienced worse humiliating situations. So it wasn't really that hurting.The point that I'm actually trying to make is that I went on to do something withouteven feeling for or really thinking about the real meaning of whatI was writing or saying. Thus the outcome was obviously inevitable.Later on I did finally accomplish the great feat of using my brain and I thought: Many people write and say how great the Mahatma was and that there really can't be anyone like him in this world, nevertheless I believe that there a Gandhi in every one of us (now doesn't that sound absolutely barmy). Let me explain thisextremely wild idea of mine, We all want to have a world that's totally peaceful without any problems and from what we know evenGandhiji wanted the same thing. The only difference is that he made an effort to make the dream come true and went so far as to sacrifice and devote his whole life to achieve his world. Maybe in the future there will again be someone like him...