#OralHistory
Sir M Vishveshvariah went to meet Gandhiji. He sat down on a chair offered to him. Gandhiji chuckled.
Sir MV asked him why.
Gandhiji replied "You are wearing a suit, carrying a gold handled cane and have a gold watch in your pocket. So you have to sit on a chair.
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Sir M Vishveshvariah went to meet Gandhiji. He sat down on a chair offered to him. Gandhiji chuckled.
Sir MV asked him why.
Gandhiji replied "You are wearing a suit, carrying a gold handled cane and have a gold watch in your pocket. So you have to sit on a chair.
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I'm like the poor in this country who have only one cloth to wear and don't have a chair to sit on."
Sir MV replied "Mahatma, I'm the son of a poor temple priest who could hardly make two ends meet. I saw an Englishman ride in a carriage drawn by horses with a
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Sir MV replied "Mahatma, I'm the son of a poor temple priest who could hardly make two ends meet. I saw an Englishman ride in a carriage drawn by horses with a
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gold handled stick, with all the people looking at him in awe. I decided that I should do better than him. So, I toiled hard, studied and earned this position.
If all our countrymen think like you, in the future, we will sit on the floor and others will rule us!"
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If all our countrymen think like you, in the future, we will sit on the floor and others will rule us!"
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Enough of Gandhian thought & spartan philosophy
Instead of glorifying poverty, we must make the poor aspire to be rich...while preserving #Dharma
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Instead of glorifying poverty, we must make the poor aspire to be rich...while preserving #Dharma
Please share 🙏🏻
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