Sep 20, 2006

In the name of the "father"

4 comments:

Unknown said...

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.

J Ramanand said...

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

Anonymous said...

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.

J Ramanand said...

hi dunbar,

it was meant to be exactly that.