M.K.Gandhi, the person who was celebrated during the Indian independence era is slowly forgotten. We are not sure three generations from now will recognize him in a picture.
If you accept it or not he is a controversial person. He went around the globe. England, America, South Africa searching for something and returned back to India. He learned life lessons. He experienced discrimination firsthand in South Africa and America. It’s for sure he knew how to gather masses after his return to India.
If you like him or not, everyone should read his book (it’s free). People talk about coming out of the closet. He has written about himself that no man or woman would dare to confess.
He talks about his intimate time with his wife during his father’s deathbed. This is a quote from his book
“The shame, to which I have referred in a foregoing chapter, was this shame of my carnal desire even at the critical hour of my father’s death, which demanded wakeful service. It was a blot I have never been able to efface or forget, and I have always thought that, although my devotion to my parents knew no bounds and I would have given up anything for it, yet it was weighed and found unpardonably wanting because my mind was at the same moment in the grip of lust. I have therefore always regarded myself as a lustful, though a faithful, husband. It took me long to get free from the shackles of lust, and I had to pass through many ordeals before I could overcome it.”
Mahatma Gandhi wrote in his autobiography that during his student days in America, he read the Gospels and seriously considered converting to Christianity. But his last words on the planet earth was “Hay Ram”.
At the same time he was experimenting sleeping with young girls to check his self control . Very confusing character.
He was a minimalist for sure, at least in his wardrobe collection. But Osho in his speech mentions that Gandhi’s poverty was very expensive.
Many controversial information about him. However, many decades after his death, all the political parties were portrayed a high value impression about him. The school children were taught that he was the main reason British left India. Now it’s changing slowly.
He was portrayed as he fought for the untouchables of India. But their leader Ambedkar doesn’t agree. Controversial and confusing. But one fact that we agree is that he was known for his support of nonviolence. There is no report of anyone mentioning he advocated violence. The irony was that he had to face death in a most violent way and succumb to a bullet from a gun.
Gandhi wrote in his autobiography that during his student days in America, he read the Gospels and seriously considered converting to Christianity. So one Sunday, he decided to attend a nearby church and talk to the minister. But when he arrived, the usher refused to give him a seat and suggested he go worship with his own people. He said he left the church and decided, “If Christians have a caste system, I might as well remain a Hindu.”
Still October 2nd is a holiday in India, weather we celebrate or not.
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