Real Revolution — Page 9
9. In short, there are many movements in this world which people oppose at first, but slowly they get established and make room for themselves in the prevailing orders. There are other movements, however, which totally change an old order. They do not adjust themselves to become part of what had gone before, but create a new order of their own, for which purpose they have to destroy the old one as a matter of necessity, the process always involving a sanguine struggle, sometimes only on the mental plane, but not infrequently on the physical plane as well, so that it begins to appear that it had put an end to peace and tranquility in the world. . But after this conflict they establish themselves and become the basis for a new period of peace. . Thus there are two ways for reforming and remoulding things: through peace or through war. Either a new movement is mixed into the existing order, to create a new system from á combination of the two, so that both grow into each other and become one; or there is a war between the old order and the new movement, which uproots the old system, itself taking its place. Reformations and changes brought about in the former way are called Evolution; they involve, changes which come gradually, by easy stages, without any kind of sudden jerks or violence. But the second kind which involves wars and bloodshed is called. Inqilab in Arabic. For instance, in meetings addressed by Pundit Nehru are heard shouts of "long live