In the name of the "father"
I'm a little uncomfortable that it takes movies like "Rang De Basanti" and "Lage Raho Munnabhai" to spark off a revival of interest in freedom fighters and activism and M.K.Gandhi.
Blame it on the way history was taught to entire generations or on lack of interest. The man (not the mythologised "Mahatma") deserves an opinion (whatever the opinion may be) from all of us.
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Many people don't know Mahatma Gandhi, but they know Munna Bhai.
No problem of history teaching with decent private schools, they made it interesting enough.
But rest schools, have a problem but not only with History, but overall.
For them, only if they are taught their languages, sciences and maths properly, Mahatama can and will come later.
Fair enough Tadatmya. It's just that it's much easier to engage with him as a mahatma or a villain, and people don't seem inclined to explore his life otherwise - hence the comment in the post
the portrait on your post looks like a question mark and an exclamation mark merging at the bottom. That, to me, in a way sums up our generation's attitude towards Gandhi and other freedom fighers.
Dunbar.
hi dunbar,
it was meant to be exactly that.
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