Not All's Wrong with New Generation

I completed this novel today "Wise & Otherwise" written by Sudha Murty. To tell you all a little about this noble writer, she is a philantropist, better half of Narayana Murty-founder of Infosys. To know more about this lady, her credentials and her work, goto following link

Wise & Otherwise is a compilation of Sudha's experiences while she completes her philantropist errands. The one that essentially moved me is the following conversation she had with her son:

She asked him to name three most important revolutions or ideas of twentieth century

Following is what her son has to say:
Principles of non-violence, effect of violence and impact of communication media

First one because- when India was enslaved for centuries, when we did not have any power to make our decisions, a thin little man started a new kind of movement without bloodshed. No weapons, no money, but a message to the rulers: “We will not cooperate with you, come what may”. He won freedom for India with this new thinking. He really deserved the Nobel Prize for Peace. He was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the father of our nation. His revolutionary ideas influenced leaders like Martin Luther King jr, Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi, in gaining freedom for people.

The second idea was almost during the same period, but in reverse direction. This man believed in the idea of hatred. He thought he could rule people with weapons and violence. He killed people like flies. He never understood the meaning of love and kindness. He could not bring peace by his method and became the cause for World War II. Millions of people suffered because of him and his policies. His life is the best example of war, intolerance and prejudice. He was Adolf Hitler.

Today the world has shrunk because of mass media. In a matter of seconds, we come to know what is happening anywhere in the world. Televison and internet are a part of it. This has cut the cost of communication and barriers of disappearing. You can see its effect in business world as well in social life. That doesn’t mean we are losing our old culture, but I can say we’re exposed to other cultures also.

“The one who acquires knowledge should be respected, irrespective of age, gender or class”