Albert Einstein said 'Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.'
In Lage Raho Munnabhai, he says at the end 'Soch lo... do you want to listen to what I am telling you to do, or prefer to sit below my hallowed portrait on the wall and do the most despicable things?'
And this time round, all the political parties are vying frantically with one another to claim him as their exclusive inheritance.
Remember, Tagore first called him 'Mahatma', and Subhas Bose habitually addressed him as 'Father of the Nation'.
Meanwhile, senior journalist Sankarshan Thakur wrote this article in today's edition of The Telegraph of Kolkata. He is the one with whose my own views concur, most darkly. You won't remember me, Sankarshan-da, but we sort of rubbed shoulders once. Thank you.
1 comment:
Dear Sir,
It is good to see a man who raises his voice, quite audaciously, against the inhuman acts done by humans. The article was grim and bitter but acutely true. He does not mean a particular political party or government, but the whole race. Very rarely do we find such sane and valid criticisms. You have mentioned the Lage Raho Munnabhai dialogue on multiple occasions; including a comment on the post titled Subhas Bose.
Yours faithfully,
Swarnava Mitra
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