Mahatma Gandhi 36 - The Triumph Of Satyagraha Comments

(continued) ..as it was, i'd been counseled (i think by CCCO, Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors) to volunteer for 'alternate civilian service', to serve two years, 'at least 50 miles from home ', as a civilian worker in certain private sector jobs. i got my 'CO' status and i worked two years helping to take care of patients in a hospital in NY State. thanks for the reporting 'from S. Africa'! bri :)

(continued) .. ......[[as it turned out in the first year of the Selective Service System's new lottery program (for deciding which men to draft for military service) ]]....i hadn't been assigned the lottery number 222, a number high enough to keep me 'un-drafted'. (continued) ..

since it has 'stanzas', i accept it as a 'poem'. ha ha. an interesting write. i read a very little of Gandhi's writing when i was dropping out of college my senior year and claiming the right to have civilian conscientious objector status to not participate in the U.S. military, where i would otherwise have been headed (1970) IF.....(continued) ..

The labourers were highly inspired by the participation of women in the Satyagraha movement. Influence of Gandhiji was seen across the country. His personality is very high and he is the great soul. This poem is also nice tribute to him and historical in nature...10