Sunday, October 3, 2010

Aaj Hai Do October ka Din - The Mahatma's birthday!

Came across this interesting piece on Tehelka magazine:

10 THINGS
GANDHI WOULD’VE DONE NOW




1. CAMP IN DANTEWADAElementary. It’s a conflict that is killing the poor.
2. CHANGE THE CONGRESS PRESIDENT
Even giants like Bose, Nehru, Azad and Patel didn’t get more than a year or so.
3. GO ON HUNGER STRIKE AT ATTARI-WAGAHThe border is a line across hearts,
Gandhi might have said, not nations. What better way to make this point than to stop eating.
4. OPEN AN ASHRAM FOR ALCOHOLICS
His eldest son Harilal died as Independent India’s most famous alcoholic. There are many
more now.
5. GONE ON A GODHRA MARCH
Dandi worked. Godhra might have too.
6. MOVED THE CABINET INTO THE VILLAGES
UPA 2 has become too robotic to excite. He would’ve moved them where they
should connect, the villages.
7. PUT MANEKA GANDHI OUT OF A JOB
He was a big one for animal welfare. No need for a politician to make her name off it.
8. FORGIVE KASAB
It’s the thing he did well. Shame the perpetrator into making amends. Did it with
Suhrawardy in Calcutta, would do with Kasab.
9. WIND UP THE CONGRESS
His last advice to the Congress was to disband the organisation.
More reason now to do so.
10. SIMPLY DIE ON BABRI MASJID
Too much for him, that his countrymen should destroy and kill in the name of Ram.
& 10 THINGS HE WOULDN’T
1. Use his picture on currency
2.
Allow Operation Green Hunt
3.
Have a holiday on 2 October
4.
Agree to a nuclear deal
5. Hold CWG 2010
6. Hide from the press. He loved it
7. Name everything after him
8. Allow dynasty in politics
9. Act on stone-pelters in Kashmir. Would’ve have supped with them
10. Allow China a free hand. Would’ve been a match for Mao
VIJAY SIMHA

2 comments:

  1. About 10th thing - what is people's opinion on Gandhi Ji agreeing to partition India rather than settle the fight between Nehru and Jinnah is favor of the elder statesman?

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  2. AS much i like Gandhiji i do think some of his decisions has been bad for India if u look at them now . biggest Mistake was favouring Nehru over everyone else . as for Jinnah less we speak about them its better .

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