 In a world torn apart with strife, he walked a very different path. The journey and the destination were one and the same. The freedom he sought was inseparable from peace and non-violence. He rooted in India's civilizational values. Gandhi channelized the timeless philosophy of peace for the realities of the contemporary world. Truth, for him, was both the means and the end. The desire for truth, Satyagraha, was the cornerstone of Gandhian politics and philosophy. The truth for Gandhi was the threading together of the principle of Sarvodaya, holistic development for all, and Antiyodaya, upliftment and dignity for the weakest. But with this inner truth, Gandhi created a mass mobilization unmatched by anything the world has ever seen. Picking up a handful of salt as an act of defiance. Or creating the political metaphor of the Cherkha, the humble Hanlum, his symbols for India's freedom embodied not only the deep moral strength of peaceful resistance, but also the vision of sustainability of an economy with human dimensions. Nothing ever happens in isolation. With startling clarity, Gandhi saw how the crisis of the modern world affected us all. And how the transition from conflict to cooperation needs a global response guided by a shared sense of humanity. His life was his message. Walking together on the long road to peace and sustainability. Let us be the change we want in this world.