The bald head, those branded spherical spectacles, the white loin cloth and that lean long stick - we identify so much with all those that symbolized freedom. ...... Even today, when all seems lost when law and order is just a line on paper, when conscience is only a fashionable word to decorate self help… Continue reading If He Could, We Can!
Tag: Mahatma Gandhi
For the Gentleman Who Laid Down His Life For Us….
The Mahatma is Back again!
Mahatma Gandhi is back again! There is hope. There is a future! He came like a messenger for peace, patience and posterity. The withering skin, weak bones only an illusion, a disguise for human perception. The real man resides within, the knight in shining armour willing to sacrifice all for country, for fight against callous… Continue reading The Mahatma is Back again!
The Grandfather I Never Had!
He died today, uttering the Lord's name. An Indian shot by another Indian. I stand corrected. A great old gem of an Indian shot by a man, an Indian misled by his unjust beliefs. Okay. The man must have had his problems but, even after so many years, I still mourn the loss of the… Continue reading The Grandfather I Never Had!
THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAHATMA
October 2nd celebrates the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation. He needs no introduction. That he worked hard to transform himself from Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to the Mahatma, everyone knows. That he fought hard to help Indian and its citizens to get their deserved freedom is also well known. Though, how much of it is appreciated today I am not very sure. What few know or even bother to remember is the person behind the Mahatma’s success.
