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Satyagraha – the abused spiritual weapon – By Hemantha Abeywardena Mahatma Gandhi with Jawaharlal Nehru (Image Source: archives.dailynews.lk) Source:- dailynews.lk If you have a penchant for reading, grab a local or regional newspaper from South Asia and you hardly miss this news: a folk switching to fasting mode to fight for his rights – lost, abused or existence of which he was unaware, until he had a brainwave or a lawyer did a wink at him. It is worth looking into the fact how this phenomenon caught on, in the Indian subcontinent; so soon and so fast. The influence of fashion industry sheds some light on this mystery. Teenage boys in the Western capitals, now put on a special form of trousers: it is a cross between the old-bell bottom and the garment worn by prison inmates, something to be worn far below the waist line. Follow a youth in ...