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 French and Indian GenZ Protests: Comparision through Limericks FRENCH PROTEST LIMERICK Young students in France took to street, With schools lacking what they should meet. Since pleas were ignored, The violence has soared, As force makes the message complete. INDIAN PROTEST LIMERICK Young rebels across the wide earth, Find violence gives protests their worth. But in India’s lands, They use peaceful hands, Though police bring them nothing but dearth.

  Vain Puffed Up Leader: Limericks A leader puffed up with such pride, With knowledge he sought to provide. But no one could learn, With lessons so stern, ‘Tis vanity’s darkness inside. A leader who spoke in a haze, Lost GenZ in wordy-word maze. With nonsense he’d spout, The kids were in doubt, Tried leading them thro' ignorant ways.

Peaceful Civil Disobedience  Quintets When voices of dissent are barred, And state-led violence leaves us scarred, The ruler displays, In power-drunk ways, A bankrupt soul, hollow and hard When rulers act wild and unfair, And laws are just traps in a snare, Gandhi said, "Don't fight, Just stand for the right," With peaceful revolt in the air.

  Wither Leader: Limericks Leader knew the right path was plain, But chose cruel wrong path once again. With a fear in his chest, He still failed the test, And was left with his guilt and his pain. *** A leader once promised right way, But from it he always would stray. The wrong path he’d choose, The good he would lose, In darkness he led public astray. *** Leader's aware of cost and the shame, But plays undemocratic game. Though his conscience may knock, He just turns back the clock, Putting virtue and honor to flame. *** A leader with plans much too grand, Thought his word was the law of the land. He crossed every line, Thought his dark deeds were fine, Till his power slipped right through his hand,

Gen Z Protest on Gandhi Jayanti - Quintets   A ruler looked down from his throne, At the youth with a fretful groan. "Their worries are small, They know nothing at all," He sniffed with a cynical tone.   There once was a ruler so blind, To the worries that weighed on each mind. About jobs, schools, and air, He just didn't care, And dismissed all the anger he'd find.   A leader who acts so aloof, Stands on ground that is shaking, not proof. When they ask for clean earth, A good job, and self-worth, You must listen before you must move.

 As the nation observes the Mahatma Gandhi Birth Anniversary on October 2,. It would be pertinent to revisit the philosophy of life Gandhiji lived by. Though, he had clarified that there was nothing like Gandhism, since he lived by certain ideals picked up through study of scriptures and inspiration drawn from the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita. Here, I have summarized the precepts and principles on which he had lived his life and acted in the world. ABC POEM ON GANDHI JI'S PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE A: Acceptance of unity of thought, speech and action as Truth B: Brahmacharya viewed as control of senses, non-transgression and simplicity C: Concept of non-violence and non-violent resistance for liberation from subjugation and being prepared to die rather to kill D: Deeming fasting as a method of controlling baser desires and instincts as well as a penance device E: Ethical economics of simple living and self-sufficiency through Swadeshi products and a life based on the teachi...