Tagged: Gandhi

Advice for Leaders, courtesy the MahAtma

Thoight-provoking excerpts from Arun Shourie’s We must have no price… (emphasis mine): In one who will stand up to power…conduct and character are everything. 1. ..the first thing to do is to avoid: to...

“My Dear Jawaharlal” – Sardar Patel on China

Courtesy VigilOnline, these fascinating excerpts from a letter penned by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to PM Jawaharlal Nehru (emphasis mine). I wonder the India that might have been had the Sardar lived longer. *** Excerpts...

W’end Links – Godse, Nataraj and the “Good Doctor”

This weekend, have a read through Godse’s statement that he made in November 1948 as he stood trial for Gandhi’s assasination. Then, read Shovana Narayan’s essay on evolution of Nataraja… and finally, a remarkable...