Ishan BhatnagarAIR 5 · CSE 2025 · 162 wordsTheir whole copy
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Sardar Patel gives us the wisdom of using emotional intelligence to channelize our anger towards fighting injustices and firmly countering social evils.
This is a direct corollary to the idea that "all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing".
Hence, in his own life, Sardar Patel -
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(i) organized Satyagraha like Bardoli
(ii) vehemently opposed British "divide & rule" policy
(iii) passionately worked to integrate India.
In our own lives, this is implicit in →
(i) upholding the moral law irrespective of the consequences (Immanuel Kant).
(ii) fighting for the right thing, at all costs. eg Satyendra Dubey.
(iii) collective anger at injustice. eg post Kolkata rape.
(iv) channelizing anger towards social reconstruction and to end inequalities as argued by Marx.
(v) cultivating inner strength to let anger "animate action" but not "cloud inner judgment" (Swami Vivekananda)
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Hence, anger is a tool for mobilization for social justice, but must never be allowed to take complete control.