Dziko lapansi limadziwa Mohandas Gandhi monga mtsogoleri wa anthu a ku India, womenyera chilungamo, munthu wamkulu yemwe adamasula India kuchokera kwa atsamunda a ku Britain kudzera mwamtendere komanso mopanda chiwawa. Popanda lingaliro la chilungamo ndi kusachita chiwawa, Gandhi akanakhala wosinthika wina, wokonda dziko m'dziko lomwe linkavutika kuti lipeze ufulu.
Anapita kwa iye sitepe ndi sitepe, ndipo imodzi mwa masitepe amenewa inali kudya zamasamba, zomwe ankatsatira chifukwa cha zikhulupiriro ndi malingaliro a makhalidwe abwino, osati kuchokera ku miyambo yokhazikitsidwa. Vegetarianism imachokera ku chikhalidwe ndi chipembedzo cha Indian, monga gawo la chiphunzitso cha Ahimsa, chomwe chimaphunzitsidwa ndi Vedas, ndipo pambuyo pake Gandhi adachitenga ngati maziko a njira yake. “Ahimsa” m’miyambo ya Vedic amatanthauza “kusakhalapo kwa chidani kwa mtundu uliwonse wa zamoyo m’mawonekedwe onse othekera, amene ayenera kukhala chikhumbo chokhumbitsidwa cha onse ofuna.” Malamulo a Manu, limodzi mwa mabuku opatulika a Chihindu, amati: “Nyama siingapezeke popanda kupha munthu wamoyo, ndipo chifukwa kupha n’kosemphana ndi mfundo za Ahimsa, iyenera kusiyidwa.”
Pofotokozera zamasamba ku India kwa abwenzi ake osadya zamasamba aku Britain, Gandhi adati:
Amwenye ena ankafuna kusiya miyambo yakale ndikuyamba kudya nyama mu chikhalidwe chawo, chifukwa amakhulupirira kuti chikhalidwe sichilola kuti anthu a ku India ayambe kukula ndi kugonjetsa a British. Bwenzi laubwana la Gandhi, , ankakhulupirira mphamvu ya kudya nyama. Anauza Gandhi wachichepereyo kuti: Mehtab ananenanso kuti kudya nyama kungachiritse Gandhi ku mavuto ake ena, monga kuopa mdima mopanda nzeru.
Ndizofunikira kudziwa kuti chitsanzo cha mng'ono wake wa Gandhi (yemwe adadya nyama) ndi Mehtab zidakhala zokhutiritsa kwa iye, komanso kwa nthawi yayitali. Kusankha kumeneku kunakhudzidwanso ndi chitsanzo cha gulu la Kshatriya, ankhondo omwe nthawi zonse amadya nyama ndipo ankakhulupirira kuti zakudya zawo ndizo zomwe zimayambitsa mphamvu ndi kupirira. Patapita nthawi akudya mbale za nyama mobisa kuchokera kwa makolo ake, Gandhi adadzipeza akusangalala ndi mbale za nyama. Komabe, izi sizinali zabwino kwambiri kwa Gandhi wachichepere, koma phunziro. Iye ankadziwa kuti nthawi iliyonse akamadya nyama, makamaka mayi ake, omwe ankanyansidwa kwambiri ndi mchimwene wake wodya nyama Gandhi. Mtsogoleri wamtsogolo adasankha kusiya nyama. Chifukwa chake, Gandhi adapanga chisankho chake chotsatira zamasamba osatengera makhalidwe ndi malingaliro okonda zamasamba, koma, choyamba,. Gandhi, malinga ndi mawu ake omwe, sanali wodya zamasamba weniweni.
idakhala mphamvu yomwe idatsogolera Gandhi kuti asadye masamba. Anaona mogometsa moyo wa amayi ake, amene anasonyeza kudzipereka kwa Mulungu mwa kusala kudya (kusala kudya). Kusala kudya kunali maziko a moyo wake wachipembedzo. Nthawi zonse ankasala kudya kwambiri kuposa mmene zipembedzo ndi miyambo zimafunira. Chifukwa cha amayi ake, Gandhi adazindikira mphamvu zamakhalidwe, kusatetezeka komanso kusadalira zokondweretsa zokometsera zomwe zingatheke kupyolera mumasamba ndi kusala kudya.
Gandhi ankafuna nyama chifukwa ankaganiza kuti idzapereka mphamvu ndi mphamvu kuti adzipulumutse ku British. Komabe, posankha zamasamba, adapeza gwero lina lamphamvu - zomwe zidapangitsa kugwa kwa atsamunda a Britain. Pambuyo masitepe oyamba kwa chigonjetso cha makhalidwe, iye anayamba kuphunzira Chikhristu, Chihindu ndi zipembedzo zina za dziko. Posakhalitsa, iye anafika ponena kuti: . Kusiya zosangalatsa kunakhala cholinga chake chachikulu komanso chiyambi cha Satyagraha. Zakudya zamasamba zinali zoyambitsa mphamvu zatsopanozi, popeza zimayimira kudziletsa.