ABSTRACT
The picture of Mohandas K. Gandhi walking barefoot through the burning areas of Bihar and Bengal, from village to village, from hut to hut, from person to person, Muslim or Hindu, old or young, trying to sooth their pain—this is one of the most sublime images. The hardship, obstacles, and risks of Gandhi's marching have been sufficiently documented. Gandhi based his criticism of modern civilization on the confusion regarding the relationship of ends and means. Gandhi seemed to have overlooked that the untouchables themselves are among the victims of the earthquake. The sectarian violence was raging like a forest fire in the northern India, and Gandhi rushed from one inflamed area to the next. A decade after the Bihar earthquake, the partition of India led to the victimization of millions of people, among all religious groups and social strata. Gandhi understood "laws" as that which holds together the edifice of the universe.
