The Day Gandhi Lived
It was time for Bapus Prayer. He told people not to fuss over him as he got up and moved ahead thru the crowed of his followers. Nathuram was waiting to shoot but he froze as the sight of so many people surrounding Gandhiji. He simply folded his hands meekly; looked at Gandhiji, turned and walked away. What our nation would be like, I wonder; had this sequence of events played out on 30 th Jan 1948. What sort of collective conscious, we as a people, would have achieved, had Gandhiji lived on. While the mahatma was known to have the steadfastness to fast & repent till masses saw the right way; would this have continued to hold good. Or we would have learned to squabble over petty gains of land, wealth irrespective of his presence & guidance for many more years. Would our political masters still be clamoring for houses in prime locations, red beacons satisfying their sense of egos, while the people they govern continue to suffer without clothes, shelter, food? Wou