Smt. Arundhathi
Roy has taken the role of a person who can comment on the Rastrapitha, in her
characteristic style of writing a book. Freedom of speech does not mean that
one can say or write whatever comes in one’s mind. Her speech on a public stage
about Gandhiji was reported by the visual media recently. She spoke as if she
was an eye witness of Mahatma Gandhi’s life in South Africa!!
Presumption
mixed with guesswork, followed with own interpretation on Mahatma Gandhi and
his life are not for the younger generations of today to comment upon. When I
was 14 years old my father told me that he has seen Gandhi in person, and he
narrated the life and works, and death of
Mahatma Gandhi in January 1948.
“Tongue is
mightier than the Sword “, as also “Spoken words “are mightier than Pen..One
should not forget the above saying while speaking in public, and should control
the tongue as the words spoken cannot be retrieved.. The writings can be erased,
but our words will move about in a Sinusoidal wave and remain in air and can be
harnessed through the Electronic media by the coming generations..
In this context
I can only say with Dr. Johnson. “IGNORANCE MADAM, PURE IGNORANCE”. Dr. Johnson
told these words to the Land Lady when he was climbing the locked main gate
while the wicket gate was fully opened!
Abraham Mangalath
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