Sarvodaya (The Welfare of All) Sarvodaya, as the welfare of all, represents the ideal social order according to Gandhiji. Its basis is all-embracing love. So it has room in it for all without exception prince and peasant, Hindu and Muslim, touchable and untouchable, white and black, saint and sinner. No individual or group is to be suppressed, exploited or liquidated. All are to be equally members of this social order, all sharing in the produce of their labour, the strong protecting the weak and functioning as trustees for the weak, and each promoting the welfare of all. As one of the essential qualities of love is self-giving, or emptying oneself or dying for the loved one, self-control and self suffering from one of the prime requisites for realizing Sarvodaya.… (more)