The Washington Post, March 11th, 2001
Continued from page 1 Experiments with Truth." No dictionary imbues truth with the depth of meaning Gandhi gave it. His truth emerged from his convictions: It meant not only what was accurate but what was just and therefore right. Truth could not be obtained by untruthful or unjust means, which included inflicting violence upon one's opponent. To describe his method, Gandhi coined the expression satyagraha -- literally, "holding on to truth" or, as he variously described it, truth-force, love force or soul-force. He disliked the English term "passive resistance" because satyagraha required act...
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