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The ‘Agape’
I recently read an article on Martin Luther King and the power of love against injustice that he quoted , written by Mihir Shah.The author had thrown light on the prevailing economic inequality , hatred and injustice and probed so many questions on arriving at a tangible solution.
According to a survey by the World Bank , the income level of people who formed the lower 60% economic class of the world dropped down by 10 % , and that of the top 10% raised by 50 % over a period of hundred years or so.Now this shows the growing inequality more evidently than anything else could.
He says hate and injustice have always prevailed and are growing.He suggests , Martin Luther King’s Agape – the pure redemtive love a weapon against injustice.This great activist’s suggestion of the power of love , reminded me those of JK’s ideas on love.
King says “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love “.And there will be justice only when there is no Power for the sake of power.Such power without love is abusive and love without power is sentimental and aneamic.
There are conflicts, blockades to reach the justice , but conflicts have to be considered as problems seeking solutions and not as war yielding victory of one over the other.The author says , the greatest failure of the 20th Century’s economy was to find out an alternative to Capitalist society that would be implemented efficienlty to curb injustice.True, we have a long way to go as long as we are ready to face hard questions and bind together to produce tangible answers!!
