What lesson had India to teach the world?
Ans Pearl S. Buck has a very high opinion of India and Indian people. She
is impressed to see the good effects of India's Freedom Movement and of her
superior individuals like Gandhiji and Nehru on the whole world within a few
years ofher independence. The Indian freedom Movement has been a momentous
event of the modern age. It was the triumphs of a bloodless revolution. In Mrs.
Buck's opinion it was far superior to the American war of Independence. The
great Indian Freedom movement was carried forward on certain lofty and noble
principles. There was the stress on the purity of both the end and the means to
achieve it. The world must learn this great lesson and must use such noble
methods to tackle problems.
The other significant lesson that India has to teach the world is her
conception of great men and leaders. In Indian way of life only those people are
taken to be good who practise self-renunciation and not self-gratification. They
renounce personal benefit for the sake of ideals. This noble conception of
greatness and goodness is all-pervading in India. Even bad and wicked persons
seek such selfless people to be their guide and example. The Indian good men
including common people are ever ready to pay the price for their idealism.
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