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Very well put
There are so many on the Right who hate Gandhi
Yet never quite acknowledge or even begin to understand his "secret sauce"
He was authentically Indian (or at least perceived as such) in a way that Savarkar wasn't
Very hard for Gandhi-haters to digest. But fact
There are so many on the Right who hate Gandhi
Yet never quite acknowledge or even begin to understand his "secret sauce"
He was authentically Indian (or at least perceived as such) in a way that Savarkar wasn't
Very hard for Gandhi-haters to digest. But fact
Many think it was just "dikhaawa"
I don't quite agree
Notwithstanding all his years in South Africa and England, Gandhi was a Desi. An authentic Desi in so many ways
You sense this only after reading a lot of Gandhi
I don't quite agree
Notwithstanding all his years in South Africa and England, Gandhi was a Desi. An authentic Desi in so many ways
You sense this only after reading a lot of Gandhi
His autobiography is not read enough by Indians...
His sense of compunction upon his father's death, when he was busy seeking pleasure elsewhere...
And the impact of that incident on his later streak of anti-sensuality and austerity...
That's so very typically Indian
His sense of compunction upon his father's death, when he was busy seeking pleasure elsewhere...
And the impact of that incident on his later streak of anti-sensuality and austerity...
That's so very typically Indian
Or that other extract later in his auto-bio, where he declares that a maid's service to her master is superior to the wife's service...
Because the wife's service is in part motivated by romantic love
That's such a uniquely Indian way of analyzing things..
Because the wife's service is in part motivated by romantic love
That's such a uniquely Indian way of analyzing things..
It's a shame that the conservative movement has not quite produced anyone like Gandhi who exuded Indian-ness
Nobody has come close..
The hard drinking Vajpayee? Not even in the same planet in terms of exuding Indian-ness
Nobody has come close..
The hard drinking Vajpayee? Not even in the same planet in terms of exuding Indian-ness
In fact the only person who has come close since independence is Narendra Modi
Yes...Modi
And that explains his success!
Yes...Modi
And that explains his success!
